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Option to look inside special files


From: Andre Majorel
Subject: Option to look inside special files
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 10:08:39 +0000 (UTC)
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Is there any kind of standard on the name of an option to look
inside special files ?

Historically, cp -r did that. GNU cp uses --copy-contents. GNU
file uses -s/--special-files.

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