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Re: Cp can't hardlink unqualified wildcard


On 121020 12:35, Eric Blake wrote:
On 10/20/2012 12:50 PM, Lawrence Mayer wrote:
Cp can't hardlink unqualified wildcard

cp -l * DIRECTORY

fails with error 'cp: target `file' is not a directory'

Most likely, this is not an error in cp, but a misunderstanding on your part about how globbing operates. I bet you have a file in your current directory whose name starts with '-', and is thus being treated as an option by cp.

Wrong guess. No file starting with '-'.


Larry


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