GNU bug report logs - #8636
cp -x flag does not work

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: obb33 <at> verizon.net

Date: Sat, 7 May 2011 20:16:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: peek <at> kutek.info
Cc: 8636 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Subject: bug#8636: closed (Re: bug#8636: cp -x flag does not work)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:14:42 +0100

On 09/15/2011 01:32 PM, peek <at> kutek.info wrote:
> Hi Jim,
> 
> I would ask you again to reconsider your view on this issue  because it is
> irrational.

Reading back over the thread, I think it's a usage error.
Note that cp does not process the wildcard, so that when you do:

  cp -x /*

what cp is really getting from the shell is:

  cp -x /dir1 /dir2 ...

cp is right to treat each of those independently.

cheers,
Pádraig.
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