On Sat, Feb 12, 2000 at 09:33:17PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Sun, Jan 30, 2000 at 06:32:35PM -0500, Dan Papasian wrote: > > Can you even tell the difference between GNU cp and BSD cp? > > Yes, no cp -a on FreeBSD (not on 3.3, I just checked).
Do any specifications dictate this feature? What is it, anyway? It has been awhile since I've read the SUSv2 page on cp, but I highly doubt it is there. Perhaps the GNU people should at least inform people that this is a non-standard feature. Personally, I think it should be axed.. there is nothing worse then seeing a linux admin stumble around a UNIX box when he is hired by a non-linux-using company.... -Dan
