> > > cp should not copy passive translator settings.
> >
> > Why not? And what is the right way to copy them?
>
> Because cp is supposed to copy the data of the file; it should read
> the data.
>
> For example, on Linux, if you do
> mknod /dev/foo ...
> cp /dev/foo /tmp/bar
>
> then /tmp/bar is *not* a special file, it's the *contents* of what you
> get when you read /dev/foo.
But, you *can* get this behavior. For instance, on GNU/Linux, try:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ (1)$ sudo cp -R /dev/null .
Password:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ (0)$ ls -l null
crw-r--r-- 1 root root 1, 3 Mar 3 21:14 null
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ (0)$
So my question still stands: what is the right way to copy a passive
translator.
