Feb. 27, 2009
3:32 p.m.
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 2:59 AM, Fredrik Lundh <fredrik@pythonware.com>wrote: ...
$ cp --help ... Copy SOURCE to DEST, or multiple SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY. ... Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -a, --archive same as -dpR ... -l, --link link files instead of copying
Sounds like you need to upgrade to a real OS ;-)
if you want the feature-laden gnu-style version of basic utilities, instead of the simpler unix-style one that MacOSX (and most all BSDs, OpenSolaris, etc) come with, it's typically simple to download and install the gnu-style one; on MacOSX, the simplest way is probably via http://coreutils.darwinports.com/ .
Alex