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bug#17578: cp(1) man page: behavior of "cp -R dir target" on symbolic li
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Vincent Lefevre |
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bug#17578: cp(1) man page: behavior of "cp -R dir target" on symbolic links is unclear |
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Sat, 24 May 2014 19:37:43 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.21-6305-vl-r59709 (2013-04-16) |
On 2014-05-24 10:28:30 -0700, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> >this is also what the info file says: "When
> >copying from a symbolic link, `cp' normally follows the link only
> >when not copying recursively."
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> Must be an old version;
The man page says:
GNU coreutils 8.21 April 2014 CP(1)
April 2014, thus not that old.
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