On 10/19/07, Gregg Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/19/07, Ted Unangst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > no, because that section is talking about files, not directories. > > A directory is a kind of file: > > "file > "An object that can be written to, or read from, or both. A file has > certain attributes, including access permissions and type. File types > include regular file, character special file, block special file, FIFO > special file and directory. Other types of files may be supported by > the implementation."
of course. i meant regular file. though on rereading the spec, the relevant section does apply to directories. i somehow squeezed section 1 into section 3. admitting it's a bug is one thing, fixing it is whole nother problem. :) the design of cp doesn't lend itself to an easy patch, so i'd recommend "don't do that" as the current solution.
