Joe via rsync <rsync@lists.samba.org> wrote: > I brought this up on the list years ago and was told it's a feature, > not a bug.
That is a really lame excuse. http://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-6349815aff502d70e502e228f07d8cd4 > Even if some other GNU or Linux commands have this "feature", it still > violates the principle of least surprise. It is certainly not expected behavior for "normal" Unix commands. A couple of examples, on FreeBSD: $ ls "" ls: fts_open: No such file or directory $ cat "" cat: : No such file or directory -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
