GNU bug report logs - #14618
cp: erroneous sparse copy command results in empty file

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Koen De Wit <koen.de.wit <at> oracle.com>

Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:00:03 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: 14618 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14618: Erroneous sparse copy command results in empty file
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 10:50:24 -0600

retitle 14618 cp: erroneous sparse copy command results in empty file
close 14618
stop

(triaging old bugs)


On 14/06/13 02:03 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 06/14/2013 12:35 PM, Koen De Wit wrote:
>> When trying to create a sparse copy of a file on a different filesystem you get an "Invalid cross-device link" error, as expected. However, an empty file is created instead of the sparse copy:
> 
> This was discussed previously:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2013-03/msg00056.html
> Summary of that is that it may be best handled outside of cp.

With no further follow-ups in 5 years, I'm closing this bug.

-assaf
This bug report was last modified 6 years and 221 days ago.

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