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- Submitted-by: davidf@mks.com ("David J. Fiander")
-
- So is there such a beast? If there is, then I have the first
- entry.
-
- According to .2D11, 'cp -R' does not have to process
- subdirectories below the top level directory. For example,
- given the following structure,
-
- srcdir destdir
- \
- subdir
- \
- file
-
- a conforming cp is perfectly capable of generating the result
-
- srcdir destdir
- \ \
- subdir srcdir
- \
- file
-
- when given the command line "cp -R srcdir destdir", without
- generating any diagnostics.
-
- Support: POSIX.2D11 lines 3557-3564. In particular, lines
- 3563-4 state "It is unspecified if cp shall attempt to copy
- files in the file hierarchy rooted in source_file."
-
-
- [ As far as I know, there is no Son of Weirdnix. I like the
- idea, however: it's been too long since we've had such a
- contest, even though the C people have one once a year 8).
- Is anybody willing to volunteer prizes? -- mod ]
-
- Volume-Number: Volume 27, Number 23
-
-