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| author | Giuseppe Scrivano <gscrivano@gnu.org> | 2009-08-01 19:36:48 +0200 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2009-08-07 17:14:22 +0200 |
| commit | a1d7469835371ded0ad8e3496bc5a5bebf94ccef (patch) | |
| tree | 925945606aa919b7b48603117db6f8ca15e7b551 /NEWS | |
| parent | ff159a605e5bc10fe871109f66cba5ee410c9138 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-a1d7469835371ded0ad8e3496bc5a5bebf94ccef.tar.xz | |
cp: accept the --reflink option
* NEWS: Mention it.
* doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Describe it.
* src/copy.h (struct cp_options) [reflink]: New member.
* src/copy.c (usage): Describe it.
(copy_reg): If reflink is true try to clone the file.
(main): Check for --reflink.
(cp_option_init): Initialize the new member.
* src/install.c (cp_option_init): Initialize the new member.
* src/mv.c (cp_option_init): Likewise.
* tests/cp/sparse: Add a new test case.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- chroot now accepts the options --userspec and --groups. + cp accepts a new option, --reflink: create a lightweight copy + using copy-on-write (COW). This is currently supported only on + btrfs file systems. + cp now preserves time stamps on symbolic links, when possible cp, install, mv: take advantage of btrfs' O(1) copy-on-write feature |