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cp command with -P option odd behavior over ssh

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From: Kousik Mandal <kousikmandal <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: cp command with -P option odd behavior over ssh
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 16:42:57 +0530

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Hi Team,

In Linux system, I have created /tmp/123 directory.
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mkdir -p /tmp/123
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/tmp/4576 is a non existent directory, now I am executing following cp
command
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cp -vPprf /tmp/123 /tmp/4576
`/tmp/123' -> `/tmp/4576'


ls /tmp/4576
123
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So above command is successfully copied directory 123 under /tmp/4576

Now I am trying to execute the same command over ssh

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[user1 <at> test~]$ ssh user1 <at> testsh -c  'cp -vPprf /tmp/123 /tmp/4576'
user1 <at> test's password:
cp: missing file arguments
Try `cp --help' for more information.
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but it's always failing. I have tried the same command on multiple Linux
system and found same failure.

Can you please help me why it's failing?
Is it a bug with cp -P option?
Are there any workaround mean any kind of configuration change is needed to
get it work?

Thanks,
Kousik

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