Jeroen Vriesman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When cp -i -arv /xxxx /yyyy > copy hangs on a FIFO > if I use cp -i -dpRv /xxxx /yyyy > it works, so in this case -a is not -dpR (as stated in the man page) but -a > is -dpr. ... > cp (GNU fileutils) 4.0
Thanks for the report. The problem is that you're using -a and -r, but -r conflicts with (and hence overrides) the -R implicit in -a (-a == -dpR). So your command that hangs is equivalent to `cp -i -dprv ...', and since `-r' says to read special files, you've told cp to read the FIFO and it hangs, as expected. If you had put the -r *before* the -a, then the -r would have been ignored -- because it would have been overridden by -a's -R. Best is just not to use -r with -a. I may change cp to give a warning when those two options are used. > This only happens when the -v option is also given. It is supposed to be independent of -v. If you can show that -v changes how it works, then please give details. You might want to get a newer release: ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/fetish/fileutils-4.1.4.tar.gz _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils
