GNU bug report logs - #22584
cp could be more precise than "Not a directory"

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 16:20:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Leslie S Satenstein <lsatenstein <at> yahoo.com>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>,  "22584 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <22584 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#22584: cp could be more precise than "Not a directory"
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 21:52:55 +0000 (UTC)

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Should that be  cp .profile /tmp/My_DocVments   #no trailing slash Regards 
 Leslie
 Mr. Leslie Satenstein
Montréal Québec, Canada



 
      From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
 To: 22584 <at> debbugs.gnu.org 
 Sent: Sunday, February 7, 2016 11:19 AM
 Subject: bug#22584: cp could be more precise than "Not a directory"
   
$ cp .profile /tmp/My_DocVments/cp: cannot create regular file '/tmp/My_DocVments/': Not a directory

Well can't it be more precise:
No such directory nor file.





   

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