On 23/01/12 19:25, Yann E. MORIN wrote:

>
> OK, -r is not even in POSIX, while -R is. Can you check that BSD's cp
> does handle the -pR combination? If so, I'll chamge it.
>

Yes, it does support -pR, which is indeed the correct way to pass the 
recursive argument.

> -v missing is not too problematic either. Its only use is to make the
> progress bar rotate, so as to give the user some feedback that the
> process is not hung. If we remove it, the progress bar will hang for
> some time during very big copies, but if that's the price to pay...
>

Doesn't it also affect debugging output?

> And no, BSD-likes are not the stuff I test on! ;-)
>

I would have bet that, but it's nice to have you work on that :)
Thank you