Subject: bug#6353: cp and mv with single wild card argument acts as if multiple arguments were entered.

From: "Alfred M. Szmidt" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:44:55 -0400

If you execute "cp /path/*" the command expands the wildcard, and
   treats the last file as the destination directory.

That is at it should be, * is expanded by the shell, not by the command.