On 05/29/14 07:31, Joachim Backes wrote: <<<>>> hello Joachim,
Hi G, you are sure? backes@eule [~]: rm -rf 'aa aa' 'bb bb' backes@eule [~]: mkdir 'aa aa' backes@eule [~]: cp -xaP 'aa aa' 'bb bb'/ backes@eule [~]: ls -l aa* bb* aa aa: total 0 bb bb: total 0 My /bin/cp belongs to coreutils-8.21-21.fc20.x86_64
'sure as God made little green apples'. :=) please excuse omission, as i did fail to mention this is with CentOS release 6.5 (Final). i had same problem with with sl5.? when i stopped using it. tho, it could be that it is fixed in fedora and not yet in rhel. then again, being that your directories have no files and are top of path, it copies. and again, being that it has been awhile that i found this problem, it may be just files, as my 'chemo brain' recalls, it happened when saving web pages and then coping them elsewhere. [to many web pages are written with oos] now, when i copy web pages that have spaces in their names, i either omit space or use '-' for space. also, from habits of early unix days, i never create directory or file names with spaces. -- peace out. in a world with out fences, who needs gates. tc.hago. g . -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
