Subject: RE: bug#8419: cp -au : New hard links in source becomes new files at destination when using cp -au

From: "Voelker, Bernhard" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:18:13 +0200

Jim Meyering wrote:
+        create_hard_link:;

Is there a specific reason for the additional empty statement?

Also seen in:
  find . -name '*.c' | xargs grep ':;'
  ./src/head.c:    free_mem:;
  ./src/kill.c: no_more_options:;
  ./src/od.c:cleanup:;
  ./src/paste.c: done:;
  ./src/printf.c:        no_more_flag_characters:;

Berny