On 3/14/21 17:47, Tomas wrote:
cd /tmp mkdir src touch src/a cp -r src dest#damn, I forgot a file touch src/b cp -r src dest ls dest # a dest
cp has behaved that way for ages, and is required to behave that way by POSIX, so this is not a bug. To sidestep the issue, you can use the -T option of GNU cp. Closing the bug report.
