Neal H Walfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [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)$
Hmm, it's not obvious to me why cp -R does this. cp -a should do it, however, and relevant cp --help output is -a, --archive same as -dpR -d, --no-dereference preserve links -p, --preserve preserve file attributes if possible -R, --recursive copy directories recursively Perhaps the right way is to add another cp option for copying passive translator settings, and have -a imply that option? I think cp -a is pretty useful, at least on systems where cp is aware of all filesystem features. /Niels
