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bug#32127: RFE -- in the way "cp -rl" -- enable 'ln' to do likewise?
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L A Walsh |
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bug#32127: RFE -- in the way "cp -rl" -- enable 'ln' to do likewise? |
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Wed, 11 Jul 2018 12:29:04 -0700 |
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If one does a 'cp -rl' -- one gets a coyp of the tree...sorta,
with file hardlinked, and with directories getting their own set
of inodes because:
can't be hardlinked -- so no hardlinking (even if worked, wouldn't make
a separate copy) &&
can't have softlinked dirs, as to softlink something, you need something
to softlink things *to*. If dirs were softlinked, again, the files
inside would be referenced by the same name-entry in the same real
directory.
Instead it tries to do a useful think in creating a separate tree with
a fresh set of name entries that point to the same inode-data.
In the same way, I'm often wanting to work on some set of source
files from a different starting location in the source tree.
Like I'll want an "RCS" dir to point to 1 RCS tree -- so I try to use
ln <existing RCSdir> <new RCS loc>. ln, of course seems to think I
want the impossible -- and says you can't have hard-linked directories.
Instead, just as cp-rl only hard links files while creating new dirs
for directories in the other tree, instead of treating dirs+files the
same, and giving an error message that wouldn't be helpful.
I was wondering if ln dir1 target/ could differentiate and "do what
I meant", and create a softlink rather than giving an error and
requiring me to re enter the command with -l.
I wouldn't be against the idea of it saying that it created a softlink,
but the point it to favor it doing something useful rather than issuing an
error that isn't.
Would that be possible?
Thanks, Linda
- bug#32127: RFE -- in the way "cp -rl" -- enable 'ln' to do likewise?,
L A Walsh <=
- bug#32127: RFE -- in the way "cp -rl" -- enable 'ln' to do likewise?, Paul Eggert, 2018/07/11
- bug#32127: RFE -- in the way "cp -rl" -- enable 'ln' to do likewise?, L A Walsh, 2018/07/12
- bug#32127: RFE -- in the way "cp -rl" -- enable 'ln' to do likewise?, Paul Eggert, 2018/07/13
- bug#32127: RFE -- in the way "cp -rl" -- enable 'ln' to do likewise?, L A Walsh, 2018/07/13
- bug#32127: RFE -- in the way "cp -rl" -- enable 'ln' to do likewise?, L A Walsh, 2018/07/14
- bug#32127: RFE -- in the way "cp -rl" -- enable 'ln' to do likewise?, Bernhard Voelker, 2018/07/16
- bug#32127: RFE -- in the way "cp -rl" -- enable 'ln' to do likewise?, L A Walsh, 2018/07/17
- bug#32127: RFE -- in the way "cp -rl" -- enable 'ln' to do likewise?, Michael Stone, 2018/07/17
- bug#32127: RFE -- in the way "cp -rl" -- enable 'ln' to do likewise?, L A Walsh, 2018/07/17
- bug#32127: RFE -- in the way "cp -rl" -- enable 'ln' to do likewise?, Michael Stone, 2018/07/17