Re: BTRFS file clone support for cp

[Giuseppe Scrivano]

Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:

> I am now convinced that cp's new behavior belongs on
> a separate option, --reflink (i.e., it should not be the default).
> Giuseppe, do you feel like adding that option and adjusting your
> test accordingly?

sure.


> Things to adjust, other than copy.c and the test:
>   NEWS
>   cp --help
>   doc/coreutils.texi
>
> For now, let's continue to use the ioctl,
> but eventually we'll use the reflinkat syscall.

Giuseppe