Crazy directory thing

Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org
Wed Jun 8 20:20:37 UTC 2005


On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 10:26:10AM -0600, Robin Laing wrote:
> It would be nice if there was an option in cp and mv to work within 
> symlinked situations.  Time for a RFE?

Having a flag for these commands so you could tell it to do exactly what you
want in the event of symlinks might be reasonable.

> I will have to learn about bind mounts and how to use them.  This may 
> be the best option for the other 10% of situations.  Especially for 
> various directories that are common across users such as music and movies.
> This is fun.  :)

cool. :)

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