Talk:Cp (Unix)

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The section that I removed stated that Unix was file extension-agnostic, then went on to show how cp could be used to change a file extension, to "make" a .txt file into a shell script. This was contradictory, and besides, it's not really the point of cp. grendel|khan 03:54, 2004 Dec 29 (UTC)

[edit] AIX specific?

Why is this specialized for a fairly obscure and unpopular Unix? Shouldn't we change this to refer to GNU, or Linux, or a BSD at least? --maru (talk) contribs 02:32, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

AIX is neither obscure, nor unpopular. In fact, AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris have been the top three commercial Unix versions for many years. See the chart on page 3 of this survey. Linux has gained great popularity in the last 5 or 6 years. If you feel a Linux version of cp is more popular, be bold and update the article. Gbeeker 14:57, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

For a commercial Unix, it may not be obscure, but commercial Unixes certainly are. I think I will change this article to refer to GNU's cp, since that is used vastly more than AIX's. --maru (talk) contribs 17:20, 6 March 2006 (UTC)