On 2009-04-15 18:07 +0200, Jukka Salmi wrote: > I'm not sure wheter this is a bug or a feature... However, I just noticed > that cp(1) fails to copy /proc/cpuinfo to the file system (tested on i686 and > x86_64 lenny systems): > > $ wc -l /proc/cpuinfo 200 /proc/cpuinfo > $ cp /proc/cpuinfo /tmp > $ echo $? > 0 > $ wc -l /tmp/cpuinfo > 125 /tmp/cpuinfo > > The first part of the file is copied correctly, but the rest is missing. > Running strace(1) on cp reveals that cp requests to read 4 kB, receives less > (but still >0), writes the received data to the destination file and exits:
I can reproduce that with current cp from coreutils 7.2. This is clearly a bug, please report it to bug-coreut...@gnu.org. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
