Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 22:36:03 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> Cc: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>, doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cp Message-ID: <19991115223603.B320@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <19991114224607.B21117@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> References: <19991105203615.B12970@daemon.ninth-circle.org> <19991107203325.B316@marder-1> <19991114224607.B21117@catkin.nothing-going-on.org>
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On Sun, Nov 14, 1999 at 10:46:07PM +0000, Nik Clayton wrote:
> 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?
It doesn't need a patch. As others have pointed out in the thread,
it's documented in the COMPATIBILITY section of the manpage.
>
> N
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