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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: asami@cs.berkeley.edu, wpaul@freefall.cdrom.com
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libss Makefile
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> *   Repeat after me kids: "I will not try to install files into a directory
> *   when I'm not sure whether or not that directory exists."

>I've been bitten by this several times.  Maybe we can make a new flag
>to cp/install that says "the destination should be a directory...if
>not, report an error".

>Then we can put this flag to the master Makefile or /etc/make.conf and
>be all happy (or at least know it as soon as it fails).

Just use a slash after the directory name:

	install -c /etc/passwd /tmp/nonesuch/

Bruce