bug#8419: cp -au : New hard links in source becomes new files at destination when using cp -au

[Pádraig Brady]

On 25/07/11 15:00, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Thanks for the review.
> Factoring out that function is definitely worth doing.
> However, I'd prefer to keep that clean-up change separate
> from the bug-fixing one.  Would you please add a comment for
> the new function?  Maybe something as simple as this:
> 
> /* Create a hard link DST_NAME to SRC_NAME, honoring the REPLACE and
>    VERBOSE settings.  Return true upon success.  Otherwise, diagnose
>    the failure and return false.  */

OK I'll cleanup and apply the refactoring after yours.

cheers,
Pádraig.