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Re: 21doc-cp-r-portability.diff


From: Derek Robert Price
Subject: Re: 21doc-cp-r-portability.diff
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:04:17 -0500
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Paul Eggert wrote:

>If your tests have only regular files and directories, you shouldn't
>notice any difference.  Posix says that -r and -R have equivalent
>effect in that case.  (cp -r is marked as obsolescent, by the way,
>which means strictly conforming applications can no longer use cp -r.)


Makes sense.  Thanks again, Paul.

Derek

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