on unix everything is a file?

>----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
>Van: Ted Unangst [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Verzonden: zaterdag, oktober 20, 2007 01:18 AM
>Aan: 'Aaron W. Hsu'
>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], misc@openbsd.org
>Onderwerp: Re: cp(1) bug ?
>
>On 10/19/07, Aaron W. Hsu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > From: "Tom Van Looy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> > Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:21:56 +0000
>> > Subject: Re: cp(1) bug ?
>> >
>> > it shall do nothing more with source_file and shall go on to any
>> > remaining files.
>>
>> Doesn't this mean that cp should not do anything when, for example, the
>> following command is run?
>>
>>    $ cp -R foo foo/
>
>no, because that section is talking about files, not directories.

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