Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 13:06:55 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 199466] cp(1) should accept -P without -R as well per POSIX.1-2008 or like GNU cp Message-ID: <bug-199466-15@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=199466 Bug ID: 199466 Summary: cp(1) should accept -P without -R as well per POSIX.1-2008 or like GNU cp Product: Base System Version: 11.0-CURRENT Hardware: Any URL: http://pubs.opengroup.org/stage7tc1/utilities/cp.html OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Only Me Priority: --- Component: standards Assignee: freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.org Reporter: jbeich@FreeBSD.org 2013 edition clarifies the meaning of -P outside of -R context, mainly cp [-Pfip] source_file target_file cp [-Pfip] source_file... target If the -R option was not specified, cp shall take actions based on the type and contents of the file referenced by the symbolic link, and not by the symbolic link itself, unless the -P option was specified. Note, in GNU cp -P (--no-dereference) always worked outside of -R (--recursive). http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=c93a607 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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