Re: bug in cp -r command

[Philip Rowlands]

On Mon, 13 Jul 2009, Sourav Chakraborty wrote:

> Cp -r does not work if wild card entries are specified. Basically, it copies
> all files, and ignores the wildcard entries.

cp doesn't know about wildcards; they are a shell construct. Please see 
the FAQ at http://tinyurl.com/59ovg

> cp -r /directory/you/want/to/copy/from/*.ext /new/destination copies all
> files to destination instead of only *.ext files. I think this is a serious
> bug and should be remedied immediately.

The -r flag isn't necessary here, assuming all *.ext filenames refer to 
actual files, not directories.


Cheers,
Phil