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bug#20603: Possible bug in cp
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Pádraig Brady |
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bug#20603: Possible bug in cp |
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Date: |
Mon, 18 May 2015 18:00:33 +0100 |
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On 18/05/15 15:49, Chris Puttick wrote:
> Follow up, reproducing:
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> tested on openSuSE Factory
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> Do:
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> # mkdir test
> # echo "this is file 1" > test/file1
> # touch test/file2
> # cp test/*
> # cat test/file2
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> If there is a 3rd file in the directory you get an error:
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> "cp: target ‘test/file3’ is not a directory"
Note you can prompt before overwriting existing files like:
cp -i file1 file2
cheers,
Pádraig