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cp: -r or -R?

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  1. spijdar · · focus · HN ↗
    > nobody™ still runs coreutils from 24 years ago.

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  root@cherimoya [1] # cp --version
  GNU fileutils 3.9
  root@cherimoya [2] # cp --help | grep recurs
    -r                           copy recursively, non-directories as files
    -R, --recursive              copy directories recursively
  root@cherimoya [3] #
    I'll take the honorary title of nobody ;-)
    1. collinfunk · · focus · HN ↗
      Hey, I perfectly understand if not. But do you have the sources that were used to build those binaries?

      The oldest version on the GNU ftp server is fileutils-3.13 [1]. I vaguely remember having some links to older versions, probably somewhere in my archived mail. But I don't remember if it was fileutils-3.9 or earlier.

      I co-maintain GNU coreutils, so I am interested in reading them. If you have them, you can email me privately or on the public mailing list. Both are listed on the homepage [2].

      [1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ftp.gnu.org&#x2F;old-gnu&#x2F;fileutils&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ftp.gnu.org&#x2F;old-gnu&#x2F;fileutils&#x2F; [2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gnu.org&#x2F;software&#x2F;coreutils&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gnu.org&#x2F;software&#x2F;coreutils&#x2F;

      1. tosti · · focus · HN ↗
        You can find ancient distros on archive.org and some of those have src.rpm&#x27;s Slackware also had a source dvd with iirc regular tarballs.
        1. collinfunk · · focus · HN ↗
          Interesting, thanks for the pointers!
          1. tosti · · focus · HN ↗
            Also, Debian has archives of old releases. You might want to try your luck there.
            1. eichin · · focus · HN ↗
              A quick look found <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.debian.org&#x2F;debian&#x2F;dists&#x2F;Debian-0.93R6&#x2F;source&#x2F;base&#x2F;fileutils-3.12-2.tar.gz" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.debian.org&#x2F;debian&#x2F;dists&#x2F;Debian-0.93R6&#x2F;source... and <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.debian.org&#x2F;debian&#x2F;dists&#x2F;buzz&#x2F;main&#x2F;source&#x2F;base&#x2F;fileutils-3.12-4.tar.gz" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.debian.org&#x2F;debian&#x2F;dists&#x2F;buzz&#x2F;main&#x2F;source&#x2F;bas... but nothing earlier. (Amusingly the nearby diff says the sources came from &quot;prep.ai.mit.edu:&#x2F;pub&#x2F;gnu&#x2F;fileutils-3.12.tar.gz&quot; in the &quot;haven&#x27;t heard that name in a long time&quot; vein...)
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