On 03/11/18 09:24, Stephen Morris wrote:
> I can't find the documentation any more, but I have found documentation on 
> how to
> use copy the create the target as a hard link or as a soft link. It is 
> possible I
> have incorrectly remembered what I had read, or it is possible over time that 
> the
> standard copy functionality has changed and now you have to explicitly 
> specify that
> you want that functionality. 


From "man cp"

       -l, --link
              hard link files instead of copying

       -s, --symbolic-link
              make symbolic links instead of copying


[egreshko@meimei tmp]$ ll -i source
11574505 -rw-rw-r--. 1 egreshko egreshko 14 Mar 11 10:06 source

[egreshko@meimei tmp]$ cp -s source source-s

[egreshko@meimei tmp]$ ll -i source*
11574505 -rw-rw-r--. 1 egreshko egreshko 14 Mar 11 10:06 source
11573763 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 egreshko egreshko  6 Mar 11 10:07 source-s -> source

[egreshko@meimei tmp]$ cp -l source source-h

[egreshko@meimei tmp]$ ll -i source*
11574505 -rw-rw-r--. 2 egreshko egreshko 14 Mar 11 10:06 source
11574505 -rw-rw-r--. 2 egreshko egreshko 14 Mar 11 10:06 source-h
11573763 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 egreshko egreshko  6 Mar 11 10:07 source-s -> source

So, this is probably what you're recalling


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