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bug#17578: cp(1) man page: behavior of "cp -R dir target" on symbolic li


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: bug#17578: cp(1) man page: behavior of "cp -R dir target" on symbolic links is unclear
Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 13:27:00 -0700
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Pádraig Brady wrote:
   -  -R, -r, --recursive          copy directories recursively
   +  -R, -r, --recursive          copy directories recursively (implies -P)

Unfortunately it's not that simple, as -R doesn't always imply -P.





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