Embora -R
seja posix bem definido, -r
não é portátil!
No Linux, nas implementações do GNU e BusyBox de cp
, -r
e -R
são equivalentes.
Por outro lado, como você pode ler na página de manual POSIX de cp
, -r
behavior é implementation-defined .
* If neither the -R nor -r options were specified, cp shall take actions based on the type and contents of the file referenced by the symbolic link, and not by the symbolic link itself. * If the -R option was specified: * If none of the options -H, -L, nor -P were specified, it is unspecified which of -H, -L, or -P will be used as a default. * If the -H option was specified, cp shall take actions based on the type and contents of the file referenced by any symbolic link specified as a source_file operand. * If the -L option was specified, cp shall take actions based on the type and contents of the file referenced by any symbolic link specified as a source_file operand or any symbolic links encoun- tered during traversal of a file hierarchy. * If the -P option was specified, cp shall copy any symbolic link specified as a source_file operand and any symbolic links encoun- tered during traversal of a file hierarchy, and shall not follow any symbolic links. * If the -r option was specified, the behavior is implementation- defined.