12 May
2021
12 May
'21
6:59 p.m.
On 2021-05-12 Gilbert E. Detillieux wrote:
- When deviating from exact instructions (because I think I know
better), be careful of subtle side effects. (Using "cp -p" is usually preferable to just "cp", but not always!)
I reflexively use cp -a for *everything* now. I might as well make it an alias... -a is -p on steroids.