Ed Avis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > % touch foo foo > % cp -u foo foo && echo yes > cp: `foo' and `foo' are the same file > > I expected that since -u says > > -u, --update > copy only when the SOURCE file is newer than the > destination file or when the destination file is missing > > it would not attempt to copy the file in this case (since the file is > not newer than itself) and cp would return a true exit status.
Sounds like it'd be worthwhile to change that, if you can do it in an obviously safe manner. If you write a patch, please follow the guidelines in HACKING: http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=blob;f=HACKING;hb=HEAD _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
