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cp --recursive funky behaviour

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Message #12 received at 47151-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Tomas <correo <at> tomaszubiri.com>
Cc: 47151-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#47151: cp --recursive funky behaviour
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 01:54:02 -0800

On 3/14/21 17:47, Tomas wrote:
> cd /tmp
> mkdir src
> touch src/a
> cp -r src dest
> 
> #damn, I forgot a file
> touch src/b
> cp -r src dest
> ls dest
> # a dest

cp has behaved that way for ages, and is required to behave that way by 
POSIX, so this is not a bug. To sidestep the issue, you can use the -T 
option of GNU cp. Closing the bug report.

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