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symlinks and targets are not the same file
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Karl Berry |
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symlinks and targets are not the same file |
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Sat, 5 Dec 2009 01:51:36 GMT |
[coreutils 8.1, gnu/linux]
$ touch foo
$ ln -s foo lnk
$ \cp --no-dereference foo lnk
cp: `foo' and `lnk' are the same file
Well, no, they're not.
I expected the file foo to overwrite the symlink lnk.
I can imagine that error without --no-dereference, but with it ... ?
Thanks,
k
- symlinks and targets are not the same file,
Karl Berry <=