[debbugs-tracker] bug#15650: closed ("cp: war ning: source file ‘f’ specified more than on ce" said more than once too!)

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and subject line Re: bug#15650: "cp: warning: source file ‘f’ specified more 
than once" said more than once too!
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #15650,
regarding "cp: warning: source file ‘f’ specified more than once" said more 
than once too!
to be marked as done.

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> "cp: warning: source file ‘f’ specified more than once" said more than once too!
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> Sat, 19 Oct 2013 18:28:55 +0800
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> $ touch f
> $ mkdir w
> $ cp f f f w
> cp: warning: source file ‘f’ specified more than once
> cp: warning: source file ‘f’ specified more than once
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> Hey, you yourself say that more than once itself!
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> So either say
> cp: warning: source file ‘f’ specified more than once
> just once, or say
> cp: warning: source file ‘f’ specified again
> n-1 times.
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> Re: bug#15650: "cp: warning: source file ‘f’ sp ecified more than once" said more than once too !
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> tag 15659 wontfix
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> On 10/19/2013 11:28 AM, address@hidden wrote:
> > $ touch f
> > $ mkdir w
> > $ cp f f f w
> > cp: warning: source file ‘f’ specified more than once
> > cp: warning: source file ‘f’ specified more than once
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> > Hey, you yourself say that more than once itself!
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> > So either say
> > cp: warning: source file ‘f’ specified more than once
> > just once, or say
> > cp: warning: source file ‘f’ specified again
> > n-1 times.
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> So we record this about each arg:
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> struct F_triple
> {
>   char *name;
>   ino_t st_ino;
>   dev_t st_dev;
> };
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> I suppose we could add a 'count' member,
> and a corresponding seen_file_count() function.
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> Though I don't think the complication/clarification
> is warranted in this case.
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> thanks,
> Pádraig.
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