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cp command will copy to subdirectory without appending /
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Todd Partridge |
Subject: |
cp command will copy to subdirectory without appending / |
Date: |
Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:33:10 -0500 |
The cp command will copy to a subdirectory without an appending /
mkdir test test2
touch abc test
touch bcd test2
cp -R test2 test
ls test
test2 abc
Since the cp command can also rename I think the proper behavior here
for 'cp -R test2 test' would be to error and print that 'Folder
already exists'. Appending a / would imply the directory:
cp -R test2 test/
This usage will remove the ambiguity of the command between the copy
function and the rename function.
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