On 10/20/2012 12:50 PM, Lawrence Mayer wrote: > Cp can't hardlink unqualified wildcard > > cp -l * DIRECTORY > > fails with error 'cp: target `file' is not a directory'
Most likely, this is not an error in cp, but a misunderstanding on your part about how globbing operates. I bet you have a file in your current directory whose name starts with '-', and is thus being treated as an option by cp. > > But the equivalent > > cp -l ./* DIRECTORY No, that's not quite equivalent - it guarantees that the glob won't be mis-handled as an option. Likewise, cp -l -- * DIRECTORY will avoid treating the glob as an option. Not only that, but this is a FAQ: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#I-have-a-file-_0027_002df_0027-and-it-affects-rm_002e > > AND > > cp -l PATH OF WORKING DIRECTORY/* DIRECTORY Sorry, but that's not what you typed. It helps to show actual examples when claiming you have a bug. -- Eric Blake ebl...@redhat.com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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