Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 16:12:04 +0200 From: Nicolas Rachinsky <list@rachinsky.de> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: cp -i -R Message-ID: <20011009161204.A22196@pc5.abc>
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I'm wondering if /bin/cp is working as documented. cp -i -R src target is overwriting a regular file named target/src WITHOUT any warning, if src is a symlink. I think, this behaviour does not match the documentation. Either cp or the docu should be changed. Nicolas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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