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-rw-r--r--coreutils/cp.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/coreutils/cp.c b/coreutils/cp.c
index 6a82f6bff..97731e83f 100644
--- a/coreutils/cp.c
+++ b/coreutils/cp.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
#include "libcoreutils/coreutils.h"
/* WARNING!! ORDER IS IMPORTANT!! */
-static const char cp_opts[] = "pdRfiar";
+static const char cp_opts[] = "pdRfiarP";
extern int cp_main(int argc, char **argv)
{
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ extern int cp_main(int argc, char **argv)
*/
flags |= FILEUTILS_RECUR;
}
+ if (flags & 128) {
+ /* Make -P a synonym for -d,
+ * -d is the GNU option while -P is the POSIX 2003 option
+ */
+ flags |= FILEUTILS_DEREFERENCE;
+ }
flags ^= FILEUTILS_DEREFERENCE; /* The sense of this flag was reversed. */