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Subject: Re: Cp: A replacement for AmigaDos
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Date: Mon, 1-Jun-87 14:28:00 EDT
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mwm@eris says:
[Re: Cp: A replacement for AmigaDos]
> A reasonable solution has already been proposed: have two programs,
> one called copy creates new copies, and one called cp that creates
> copies with preserved dates. "Copy" needs to have behavior identical
> to the original DOS copy for script-writers, so the date-mangling one
> winds up as "cp" (or "mv", or "backup", or whatever you want to call
> it).

    i'd just like to suggest something other than "cp", something that
makes the preserved date feature more apparent.  how 'bout "dupe"?

	wayne hamilton
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