As well:
bgd@web$ mkdir temp bgd@web$ touch temp/a bgd@web$ mkdir temp2 bgd@web$ cp -R temp/ temp2/ bgd@web$ ls -al temp2/ total 3 drwxr-xr-x 2 bgd wheel 512 Apr 10 17:20 . drwxr-xr-x 14 bgd wheel 2048 Apr 10 17:20 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 bgd wheel 0 Apr 10 17:20 a If ending a symlink with a slash is supposed to mean 'refer to the directory it points to', I imagine ending a directory with a slash is even more so. Then why, oh, why, 'cp -R' copies only the content of the directory in the new location???? man cp: -R If source_file designates a directory, cp copies the directory and the entire subtree connected at that point. Why do I have the feeling something goes terribly wrong here? bogdan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message