GNU bug report logs - #35431
Mention "cp -l a b is exactly equivalent to ln a b"

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 20:12:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Mention "cp -l a b is exactly equivalent to ln a b"
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 01:54:54 +0800

On (info "(coreutils) cp invocation") at

   ‘-l’
   ‘--link’
        Make hard links instead of copies of non-directories.

Mention

    "Exactly equivalent to ln."

or

     "cp -l a b is exactly equivalent to ln a b."

Or if not, mention why.
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