Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cwruecmp!hal!ncoast!allbery From: allbery@ncoast.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: System V commands... Message-ID: <4163@ncoast.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Aug-87 13:54:02 EDT Article-I.D.: ncoast.4163 Posted: Thu Aug 13 13:54:02 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 15-Aug-87 16:05:19 EDT References: <1685@cadovax.UUCP> Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery) Followup-To: comp.unix.questions Distribution: world Organization: Cleveland Public Access UN*X, Cleveland, Oh Lines: 33 As quoted from <1685@cadovax.UUCP> by mitchell@cadovax.UUCP (Mitchell Lerner): +--------------- | Why does System V version 2,3 not have a recursive copy routine (cp -r)? | It would seem like that is something that one would want to do without | too much trouble. +--------------- It is considered best to use "find dir -print | cpio -pdl", since this also preserves links. (Leave off the -l flag to cpio to force copies.) You can always write a shell script to do this. +--------------- | Why does the System V mailer (mailx) not provide for forwarding and | responding to mail messages (f and r)? +--------------- There are at least two reply commands: 'r' and 'R'. As for forwarding, the reason is lost in the antiquities of 4.1BSD (yes, indeed, System V mailx is actually Berkeley Mail); the proper way to forward mail is: Mailx> mail foo Subject: forwarded mail ~f . Cc: Mailx> -- Brandon S. Allbery, moderator of comp.sources.misc and comp.binaries.ibm.pc {{harvard,mit-eddie}!necntc,well!hoptoad,sun!mandrill!hal}!ncoast!allbery ARPA: necntc!ncoast!allbery@harvard.harvard.edu Fido: 157/502 MCI: BALLBERY <> ** Site "cwruecmp" is changing its name to "mandrill". Please re-address ** *** all mail to ncoast to pass through "mandrill" instead of "cwruecmp". ***