From: Michael S. Zick <minimod@morethan.org>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] customize package: odd copy construction
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 11:19:19 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201201051119.21069.minimod@morethan.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120105180624.380257c8@skate>
On Thu January 5 2012, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Le Thu, 5 Jan 2012 10:27:02 -0600,
> "Michael S. Zick" <minimod@morethan.org> a ?crit :
>
> > It looks to me as if the intent was in the handling of symbolic links.
> > ls -d * does not dereference symbolic links.
>
> So does 'cp -a', I think.
>
Right. You caught me. ;-)
cp -a: cp --no-dereference --preserve=all --recursive
I have to step to the other side of the floor and
join the group saying: "I don't see the point".
Unless there is a difference in the handling of hard
links or special files.
Mike
> Thomas
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-05 17:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-05 15:23 [Buildroot] customize package: odd copy construction Thomas De Schampheleire
2012-01-05 15:36 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2012-01-05 16:27 ` Michael S. Zick
2012-01-05 17:06 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2012-01-05 17:19 ` Michael S. Zick [this message]
2012-01-06 8:29 ` Thomas De Schampheleire
2012-01-11 17:24 ` Peter Korsgaard
[not found] ` <CAAXf6LX5xef3YE0zO0mDZxaFZ3s8NpfPU_jQaDxq0h-XCWOqxQ@mail.gmail.com>
2012-01-11 21:43 ` Peter Korsgaard
2012-01-12 8:17 ` Thomas De Schampheleire
2012-01-12 8:18 ` Peter Korsgaard
2012-01-06 12:47 ` Shawn J. Goff
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