Re: cross-device copying / USB improvements

["Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

benny wrote:
> Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote:
> > why not just use rsync?
> that depends on "who" should use rsync?
>
> if you mean that *the user* could use rsync instead of cp 
> in the first place - then you are right
>
> but that was the whole point of my suggestion - to give a better user
> experience:
> IMHO the user should not have to know and install a tool like rsync 
> (nor to know mirror-copy) only to be able to transfer data reliably and
> resumeable from one device to another... I mean, it's such a basic thing
> that one tool (cp) should do it.

I don't agree.  Each tool does its job.  cp does copy.  rsync syncs 
files.  Anyways, I wonder how do you wind up with a partial copy?  Do 
you ^C it?  I can't imagine any other situation.  I believe that less 
than 0.0001% uses of cp are trying to resume a copy.

cheers
  simon