On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Paulo da Silva <p_s_d_a_s_i_l_...@netcabo.pt> wrote: > Hi! > > Is there a way to copy a file the same as Unix command: > > cp -a --reflink src dest > > without invoking a shell command?
I started to dig through the cp man page to see what that did, then gave up when each option expanded out to several more. i.e., "-a, --archive same as -dR --preserve=all" leads to looking up -d -R and --preserve, etc. To me, it's just not worth it to spend more time researching your question than you spent writing the email asking it. If you don't get the answers you're looking for, you might try asking again, specifying the exact behavior you'd like to achieve. PS: That isn't really meant as any kind of complaint about your question. It's consise, easy to read, and gets right to the point. It just assumes a lot of background knowledge. If someone else happens to already know all of that background, they may be able to help right off. If not, they may be interested enough to do the research to figure it all out and then help. You just may be able to prompt more people to help by cutting down on the amount of work it would take them to do so. -- Jerry -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
