On 17/11/16 01:27, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Pádraig Brady, on Thu 17 Nov 2016 01:07:36 +0000, wrote:
>> I agree, though we have to be careful not to imply
>> we copy the directory but not the contents.
>> I'll adjust to:
>>
>> "not recursing; omitting directory '/foo/bar'"
>
> Perhaps
>
> "not recursing by default, thus omitting directory '/foo/bar'"
>
> to make it explicit that recursing is an available option ?
Right that's better for cp, though inaccurate for install(1).
Also it's slightly verbose and searching the man page for
"recursing" doesn't match anything currently.
I'll do this I think:
if (install)
"omitting directory '/foo/bar'"
else /* cp */
"-r not specified; omitting directory '/foo/bar'"
cheers,
Pádraig.
