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Re: cp creates extraneous directories
From: |
Bob Proulx |
Subject: |
Re: cp creates extraneous directories |
Date: |
Sat Nov 2 21:14:22 2002 |
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Padraig Brady <address@hidden> [2002-10-14 14:58:23 +0100]:
> $ cp --version
> cp (fileutils) 4.1
>
> $ mkdir test
> $ cd test
> $ touch f1
> $ mkdir t
> $ cd t
> $ cp -a ../* .
>
> # extra t level is created?
A very good test case!
Yes. But is it a bug since you did ask to copy that directory? I
think that because you specifically requested cp to copy that
directory that the creation of that directory would be expected.
I say specifically requested because if you use echo to see what the
file glob matches you will see that directory on the comand line.
mkdir test
cd test
mkdir t
cd t
ls -l ..
echo cp -a ../* .
The output shows:
cp -a ../t .
If it did not create the directory wouldn't that be a bug?
Bob
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