On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 04:16:58PM -0600, J Sisson wrote:
> >From man cp ("STANDARDS" section):
>      Historic versions of the cp utility had a -r option.  This
> implementation
>      supports that option; however, its use is strongly discouraged, as it
>      does not correctly copy special files, symbolic links or FIFOs.

Completely missed it.
Thanks!

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