Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 21:40:53 -0400 (GMT-0400) From: Snob Art Genre <ben@multivac.narcissus.net> To: Jason Alan Nordwick <nordwick@scheme.xcf.berkeley.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cp behavior Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.96.971010214041.227A-100000@multivac.narcissus.net> In-Reply-To: <19971010213408.17303.qmail@scheme.xcf.berkeley.edu>
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Why not use install(1) instead? On 10 Oct 1997, Jason Alan Nordwick wrote: > > What is the "proper" behavior for cp in this case: > > I have a skeleton directory for starting new hacks > > dr-xr-xr-x 2 nordwick nordwick 512 Jun 26 03:03 skel/ > > cp -R skel newhack > fails because the skel directory does not have write permission > so newhack/ is created without write permission, and then the > files in skel cannot be copied to newhack/ > > shouldnt this work ? Who would i talk to about fixing it ? > > (on 2.2) > > jay > -- > Join the FreeBSD Revolution! > mailto:nordwick@xcf.berkeley.edu > http://xcf.berkeley.edu/~nordwick > > Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."
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