Does 'cp' support the '-L' option ?

[Dave]

POSIX 2004 (and perhaps earlier) requires 'cp' to support the '-L' option.

http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/cp.html

Can anyone with a tru64 system tell me if this is supported or not? It is not on
my HP-UX machine, which makes me think it probably is not on tru64 either. Can
anyone with a tru64 system tell me?

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[Bob Harris]

In article <4af5...@212.67.96.135>, Dave <f...@coo.com> wrote:

> POSIX 2004 (and perhaps earlier) requires 'cp' to support the '-L' option.
>
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/cp.html
>
> Can anyone with a tru64 system tell me if this is supported or not? It is not
> on
> my HP-UX machine, which makes me think it probably is not on tru64 either.
> Can
> anyone with a tru64 system tell me?

Man page for Tru64 UNIX cp command:

<http://h30097.www3.hp.com/docs/base_doc/DOCUMENTATION/V51B_HTML/MA
N/MAN1/0571____.HTM>

Assuming your -L says -R follows symbolic links, then Tru64 UNIX
cp -r may be what you want.

Bob Harris

[Dave]

Thank you, that was most helpful. There appears to be some ambiguity about how
hard and soft links are handled by POSIX, with the result that some options copy
hard and soft on one platform, and only soft on another.

What is the secret to finding the man pages? I found:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Product.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=101&prodClassId=10008&contentType=SupportManual&docIndexId=64255&prodTypeId=18964&prodCatId=391525&prodSubCatId=3197900

but both links to Tru64 documentation are broken. I have reported these to the
webmaster.

[Bob Harris]

You can find all the Tru64 UNIX documentation at the following
link:
<http://h30097.www3.hp.com/docs/>