Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 09:55:25 -0500 From: jacks@sage-american.com To: Nicolas Rachinsky <list@rachinsky.de>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cp -i -R Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20011009095525.031a30f0@mail.sage-american.com> In-Reply-To: <20011009161204.A22196@pc5.abc>
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Nicolas: I believe "target" is meant to be replaced with the REAL name you want to use... if I understood this right.... At 04:12 PM 10.9.2001 +0200, Nicolas Rachinsky wrote: >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 > > Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Server Admin Sage-American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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