[sf-lug] question about cp -al

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Alex Kleider (akleider at sonic.net):

> Alex
> ps by way of explanation: I've written a little script for doing
> backups- it relies on the cp -la command but the -l option is not
> available on the MacOS so my goal is to create a "work around."

Spoiled by the GNU extensions, are we?  ;->

BTW, I'll bet rsync will do what you're aiming for, even on lesser
*ixes like mutant proprietary BSDs from Cupertino.