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Re: 21doc-cp-r-portability.diff
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz |
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Re: 21doc-cp-r-portability.diff |
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Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:36:54 +0100 |
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This minus `-r' just caught my eye.
What should be preferred between `cp -R' and `cp -r'?
Automake's lib/am/distdir.am uses `cp -R' and claims `cp -r' to
be "almost always incorrect". This was introduced by
1999-11-08 Tom Tromey <address@hidden>
* automake.in (handle_dist_worker): Use `cp -R', not `cp -r'.
From Jim Meyering. Also, don't mention file name in `cp'
destination. From Olly Betts.
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz