Re: question for cp tools

2005-03-05 Thread Jim Meyering
Hi Bob, I've noticed that my use of `source' below might be misunderstood. Here's a snippet from the documentation that should help: mv [OPTION]... SOURCE DEST mv [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) wrote: ... I know this is one of the features that you

Re: question for cp tools

2005-03-05 Thread Bob Proulx
Hi Jim Jim Meyering wrote: I've noticed that my use of `source' below might be misunderstood. Here's a snippet from the documentation that should help: mv [OPTION]... SOURCE DEST mv [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY I can see that you are emphasizing the difference between the set

Re: bug in pwd on Mandrake Linux 9.2

2005-03-05 Thread Bob Proulx
Seán McGarraghy wrote: Thanks very much for your comprehensive reply, and the explanation: I am now clear on how the builtin works. Happy to have helped. But note that the man says: NOTE: your shell may have its own version of pwd which will supersede the version described

Re: question for cp tools

2005-03-05 Thread Jim Meyering
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) wrote: Jim Meyering wrote: I've noticed that my use of `source' below might be misunderstood. Here's a snippet from the documentation that should help: mv [OPTION]... SOURCE DEST mv [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY I can see that you are emphasizing