How to copy soft links using the cp command ?

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环境

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

问题

• Need to copy soft links as links and not as files they are linked to using cp command.

决议

• To copy entire directory which contains soft links.
  • Copies all the links in /usr/dir to /appl/bin/test as links.

Raw

[root@host ~]# cp -prH /usr/dir /appl/bin/test

• To copy only a single link.
  • **Note : -P ** in Caps

Raw

[root@host ~]# cp -P <link-name> /appl/bin/test