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cp: -r or -R?

126 points · 110 comments · zdw

  1. pasc1878 · · focus · HN ↗
    Use rsync instead
    1. trucks-refinish · · focus · HN ↗
      rsync unfortunately doesn't do relinking at all, so I can't use it as a generic replacement for cp.
      1. groestl · · focus · HN ↗
        Relinking?
        1. rincebrain · · focus · HN ↗
          I assume they typoed reflinking, a way of doing CoW-based copying of file contents.
          1. trucks-refinish · · focus · HN ↗
            yes thank you!
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