Re: CP Bug Detected ?

[Rivalino M. Jr.]

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From: "Bob Proulx" <address@hidden>
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Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: CP Bug Detected ?


> Rivalino Matias Jr. wrote:
> > >Yes.  That is very traditional behavior.
> > When this behavior could be useful for the users ?
>
> This behavior is useful when I wanted to continue later and to use
> rsync to pick up from where I left off.

If you are considering to use another tool like rsync to complete the task,
a better approach is to use rsync from the beginning.
To install and configure an additional  tool, like rsync,  just to copy
files between directories, partitions or devices  into the same machine
doesn't make sense for many users, because cp is there !

>Although in actually I  probably should have used rsync in the first case
if this is the
> case.  It is just a way to recover and to keep going.
Yes, it is an option. But with CP there it is a unnecessary workload.
>
> Have you looked at rsync?  It has all of the features that you are
> currently requesting for cp.
Yes, I have used rsync but when copying files through the network.

RMJ.