Stupid kernel question

[Kerry Hoath]

They probably use cat because you can use that to put the kernel ona file;
a block device etc. Also catting a file >another file preserves the
permitions of the original whereas cp doesn't usually. It also means that
if you cat >another file and the file exists; your umask won't come into play.
Those are my ideas on the issue but nothing wrong with cp.
On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 04:13:25PM -0400, Kirk Reiser wrote:
> No reason I can think of.  I use cp all the time and would recommend
> it. Maybe they don't know there's a copy command under linux!? 'grin'
> 
>   Kirk
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