GNU bug report logs - #11809
document "So how do we just simply make a backup file?"

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:36:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

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From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
To: jim <at> meyering.net
Cc: 11809 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11809: document "So how do we just simply make a backup file?"
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:16:07 +0800

OK but (info "(coreutils) Backup options") should also link back to the exact
cp -b spot, else most folks will miss it.

P.S., There _is_ an easier way of making backups of several files,
But there is a bug, one has to do it one at a time despite -b. Bug bug bug. 

$ \cp -fb h k l .
cp: `h' and `./h' are the same file
cp: `k' and `./k' are the same file
cp: `l' and `./l' are the same file
$ \cp -fb h h
$
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