Antonio Huete Jimenez <tuxillo@quantumachine.net> added the comment:
-r seems to be documented already in cp(1) manpage
"Historic versions of the cp utility had a -r option. This implementation
supports that option, however, its use is strongly discouraged, as it
does not correctly copy special files, symbolic links or fifo's."
I don't see any opinion about -a option. I will close this ticket soon if n=
o
feedback.
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