Solved "cp" features

[pos]

Hi

Tried to copy a sparsed file from the filesystem over to an NFS share (FreeBSD 12.0p3) and did like in linux and run "cp --sparse=always SRC DEST". It however failed. It seems the cp command in FreeBSD does not support this flag. I used rsync --sparse instead to solve the issue...

Are there any "cp" or similar in the ports tree that is more feature rich that the std cp command?


Tnx
Peo

 

[Minbari]

The standard cp() which is part of the FreeBSD base system does not support that feature, but you can install sysutils/coreutils if it isn't already on your system. This coreutils is in fact gnu coreutils and contain the cp you desire. Just type gcp--sparse=always SRC DEST in terminal and it should work.

 

[pos]

Thanks!

That was what I was looking for