cp: make -P a synonym for -d

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/cp.c b/coreutils/cp.c
index 6a82f6bff..97731e83f 100644
--- a/coreutils/cp.c
+++ b/coreutils/cp.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 #include "libcoreutils/coreutils.h"
 
 /* WARNING!! ORDER IS IMPORTANT!! */
-static const char cp_opts[] = "pdRfiar";
+static const char cp_opts[] = "pdRfiarP";
 
 extern int cp_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ extern int cp_main(int argc, char **argv)
                  */
                 flags |= FILEUTILS_RECUR;
         }
+        if (flags & 128) {
+                /* Make -P a synonym for -d,
+                 * -d is the GNU option while -P is the POSIX 2003 option
+                 */
+                flags |= FILEUTILS_DEREFERENCE;
+        }
 
         flags ^= FILEUTILS_DEREFERENCE;         /* The sense of this flag was reversed. */