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Date:      Tue, 09 Oct 2001 09:55:25 -0500
From:      jacks@sage-american.com
To:        Nicolas Rachinsky <list@rachinsky.de>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cp -i -R
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.20011009095525.031a30f0@mail.sage-american.com>
In-Reply-To: <20011009161204.A22196@pc5.abc>

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Nicolas: I believe "target" is meant to be replaced with the REAL name you
want to use... if I understood this right....

At 04:12 PM 10.9.2001 +0200, Nicolas Rachinsky wrote:
>I'm wondering if /bin/cp is working as documented.
>cp -i -R src target
>is overwriting a regular file named target/src 
>WITHOUT any warning, if src is a symlink.
>
>I think, this behaviour does not match the documentation.
>
>Either cp or the docu should be changed.
>
>Nicolas
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Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
Server Admin

Sage-American
http://www.sage-american.com
jacks@sage-american.com

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