Date: 3 Jan 2005 23:36:25 -0000 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/75774: [PATCH] cp documentation fails to mention -R dir/ behavior Message-ID: <20050103233625.40907.qmail@mired.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200501032340.j03NeRMv000529@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 75774 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [PATCH] cp documentation fails to mention -R dir/ behavior >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Jan 03 23:40:27 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Mike Meyer >Release: FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE i386 >Organization: Meyer Consulting >Environment: System: FreeBSD guru.mired.org 5.3-STABLE FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE #13: Fri Dec 17 18:32:15 CST 2004 mwm@guru.mired.org:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/GURU i386 >Description: When you do "cp -R dir/ target", cp acts as if you did "cp -R dir/* target". This is undocumented. >How-To-Repeat: Try the cp and see. Read the man page. >Fix: The attached patch fixes the man page. --- cp.1-orig Mon Jan 3 17:32:22 2005 +++ cp.1 Mon Jan 3 17:34:23 2005 @@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ designates a directory, .Nm copies the directory and the entire subtree connected at that point. +If the source_file ends in a /, the contents of the directory +rather than the directory are copied. This option also causes symbolic links to be copied, rather than indirected through, and for .Nm >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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