From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Nov 15 14:36:49 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from monsoon.mail.pipex.net (monsoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E857B14A2A for ; Mon, 15 Nov 1999 14:36:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 13092 invoked from network); 15 Nov 1999 22:36:34 -0000 Received: from userbr09.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.146.202) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 15 Nov 1999 22:36:34 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.8.8) id WAA01130; Mon, 15 Nov 1999 22:36:03 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 22:36:03 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: Nik Clayton Cc: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai , doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cp Message-ID: <19991115223603.B320@marder-1> References: <19991105203615.B12970@daemon.ninth-circle.org> <19991107203325.B316@marder-1> <19991114224607.B21117@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <19991114224607.B21117@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 > -- > If you want to imagine the future, imagine a tennis shoe stamping > on a penguin's face forever. > --- with apologies to George Orwell > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message