Vincent Lefevre wrote:
this is also what the info file says: "When copying from a symbolic link, `cp' normally follows the link only when not copying recursively."
Must be an old version; the current text says "When copying from a symbolic link, 'cp' normally follows the link only when not copying recursively or when '--link' ('-l') is used." A bit complicated, unfortunately; don't know whether that detail is worth adding to the --help output (which the man page is derived from).
