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[cp] "cp -s" cannot create symbolic link in parent dir

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From: subratkumar <subratkumar.o <at> globaledgesoft.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Regarding the observed bugs in cp
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:57:35 +0530

1. cp -r a a
cp: cannot copy a directory, `a', into itself, `a/a'
as per this the it is not allowable to copy a into a.But its doing
2. cp -s b ../
cp: `../b': can make relative symbolic links only in current directory
its a symbolic link and should not restrict to current directory.
i have checked it in kernel 2.6.21.5 and 3.04 .Please check it and let 
me know if its corrected or not.
Thanks and Regards
Subrat Kumar Ojha

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