Bug 235435 - cp -R command not working properly
Summary: cp -R command not working properly
Status: Closed Overcome By Events
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: bin (show other bugs)
Version: 12.0-RELEASE
Hardware: Any Any
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Assignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody)
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Reported: 2019-02-02 20:24 UTC by Ioannis Vranos
Modified: 2019-02-02 20:53 UTC (History)
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It shows the cp -R directory bug (120.40 KB, image/png)
2019-02-02 20:24 UTC, Ioannis Vranos 		no flags Details
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Description Ioannis Vranos 2019-02-02 20:24:08 UTC 
Created attachment 201652 [details]
It shows the cp -R directory bug

The command cp -R  has a bug when copying.


An example:

cp -R  Downloads/  Downloads

works correctly.


cp -R  Downloads  Downloads

produces a recursive copying, until it reaches some recursion limits.


See the screenshot attached.
Comment 1 Ioannis Vranos 2019-02-02 20:35:40 UTC 
It should follow the Linux cp -R behaviour:

Create only one copy of the directory, in itself, and then quit.