On Linux, I have a --parents option available for the cp command so I can do cp --parents test/withintest/go.rb test2 http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/cp-invocation.html On Mac, I do not have this option available. Is there a way to do this on Mac? Why is this option not available? PS. The purpose of --parents is the following: ‘--parents’ Form the name of each destination fi