Neal H Walfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But, you *can* get this behavior. For instance, on GNU/Linux, try: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ (1)$ sudo cp -R /dev/null . > Password: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ (0)$ ls -l null > crw-r--r-- 1 root root 1, 3 Mar 3 21:14 null > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ (0)$ > > So my question still stands: what is the right way to copy a passive > translator.
Oh, cp -R is different. I'm of two minds about what the Right Thing is for the cp -R case. The way to copy it, of course, is to fetch the translator entry and set it on the copy.
