On 10/27/2013 5:38 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
So overwriting files with dirs and vice versa is prohibited by POSIX. The existing cp options do not adjust this aspect. If you don't care what's in the destination at all, why not just rm it before the copy?
Um --- isn't that what the "--remove-destination" option is supposed to do? Also note, I tried to use it with the "update" option, since in my real case, in "/var/log", some programs had changed from using a single log file to using their own dir under /var/log and multiple log files. It's not like I'm making that up. As for the posix comment. Since when is FSF/Gnu governed by a corporate controlled POSIX? I.e. POSIX is supposed to supply interop standards, not limitations on functionality.
