When cp -i -arv /xxxx /yyyy copy hangs on a FIFO if I use cp -i -dpRv /xxxx /yyyy it works, so in this case -a is not -dpR (as stated in the man page) but -a is -dpr.
This only happens when the -v option is also given. Cheers, Jeroen. cp (GNU fileutils) 4.0 linux, kernel 2.2.19, reading from reiserfs, writing to reiserfs, also tested with reiserfs-nfs-reiserfs, same thing. _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils