Hi.
Using cp, one can for example execute
cp foo/bar.txt /tmp/foo/
to have /tmp/foo/bar.txt in place after a successful copy operation,
provided the directory /tmp/foo exists. If it does not, one has to mkdir
it beforehand naturally. I thought that using `install -D` would remedy
Koblinger Egmont [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Currently the form ``install -D some files /here/'' (with trailing slash)
is unusable for anything
Unfortunately POSIX standard says that standard utilities must ignore
any trailing slashes on existing directory names. POSIX does not
standardize
Hi,
[ I sent this mail two months ago but there was no feedback and it's still
buggy in 5.0.91. ]
The command ``install -D file /tmp/into/this/directory/'' says:
install: cannot create regular file `/tmp/into/this/directory/': Is a directory
IMHO this is incorrect, I'd expect it to create this
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Andreas Schwab wrote:
The command ``install -D file /tmp/into/this/directory/'' says:
install: cannot create regular file `/tmp/into/this/directory/': Is a directory
[...]
-D create all leading components of DEST except the last,
Hi,
The command ``install -D file /tmp/into/this/directory/'' says:
install: cannot create regular file `/tmp/into/this/directory/': Is a directory
IMHO this is incorrect, I'd expect it to create this directory and install
the file into it with its original name (just as if I manually created
