GNU bug report logs - #28281
[PATCH] gnu: Add os-prober.

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net>

Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 19:08:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net>

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From: Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 28281 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#28281] [PATCH] gnu: Add os-prober.
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 05:05:54 +0530
>> I am trying to do
>>
>> cp -r /some/directory/* destination
>>
>> To do this, I used `find-files-non-recursive' to get all files in
>> /some/directory/ and applied `copy-recursively' on each one of them.
>>
>> Do you have a better way of doing this in mind?
>
> Would (copy-recursively "/some/directory" destination) work for you?

No, it wouldn't. That would recreate /some/directory at the
destination. I only want the files inside /some/directory to be copied,
not /some/directory itself.




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