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bug#73875: cp: there isn't even an option to quit on errors
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Pádraig Brady |
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bug#73875: cp: there isn't even an option to quit on errors |
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Date: |
Sun, 20 Oct 2024 14:05:15 +0100 |
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Mozilla Thunderbird Beta |
On 19/10/2024 08:45, Dan Jacobson wrote:
$ cp -a /usr/share/doc/qpdf/manual-html/ ~/Downloads/
cp: cannot create symbolic link
'/home/jidanni/Downloads/manual-html/_static/css/badge_only.css': Permission
denied
cp: cannot create symbolic link
'/home/jidanni/Downloads/manual-html/_static/css/theme.css': Permission
denied....
It just keeps rolling on. No way to quit except ^C.
$ cp --version
cp (GNU coreutils) 9.4
Well POSIX states that cp should continue upon failure to create a symlink.
An exit early option may be useful.
I don't see such an option with rsync either though, so I'm not sure how
generally useful it is.
cheers,
Pádraig