Follow up, reproducing: tested on openSuSE Factory
Do: # mkdir test # echo "this is file 1" > test/file1 # touch test/file2 # cp test/* # cat test/file2 If there is a 3rd file in the directory you get an error: "cp: target ‘test/file3’ is not a directory" On 18 May 2015 at 14:04, Chris Puttick <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > In moment of tiredness issued a cp command similar to > > cp /path/to/files/* > > neglecting to add a destination (should have been ./) > > The files in the directory were 2 vdisks both ending .qcow2. > > No error message was generated and the apparent result of running the > command is that the file whose name came first alphabetically was > copied over the other. > > The installed OS on the machine was Ubuntu 12.04 and cp version 7.4. > > I can provide more details on request. > > Regards > > Chris > > -- > @putt1ck > putt1ck.blogspot.com > http://twoten.is > skype: putt1ck > > Opinions in this email are my own and may not reflect that of my > clients, past employers, associates, friends, family, pets etc.. -- @putt1ck putt1ck.blogspot.com http://twoten.is skype: putt1ck Opinions in this email are my own and may not reflect that of my clients, past employers, associates, friends, family, pets etc..
