Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 22:46:07 +0000 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> Cc: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>, doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cp Message-ID: <19991114224607.B21117@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <19991107203325.B316@marder-1>; from Mark Ovens on Sun, Nov 07, 1999 at 08:33:26PM %2B0000 References: <19991105203615.B12970@daemon.ninth-circle.org> <19991107203325.B316@marder-1>
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On Sun, Nov 07, 1999 at 08:33:26PM +0000, Mark Ovens wrote:
> No they aren't, and I speak from experience. If FIFOs are involved
> then ``-r'' tries to copy the contents of the FIFO whereas ``-R''
> copies the FIFO itself:
>
> cp.c line 402
> e S_IFIFO:
> if (Rflag) {
> if (copy_fifo(curr->fts_statp, !dne))
> rval = 1;
> } else {
> if (copy_file(curr, dne))
> rval = 1;
Man page patch?
N
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