cp -rup fails if a file/directory exists

cp -rup fails if a file/directory exists

[Arthur Schwarz]

cp -rup dir /h/ works for version 8.23-4 but for version 8.24-1 it produces
an error " cannot create directory '/h/dir': File exists", where 'dir' is a
directory and '/h/' is a flash drive.

Is there something I can do to force a save? I do not want to delete then
save, I'd rather update a file/dir that exists or create a file/dir that
doesn't.

I've unsuccessfully looked for the cp update notice.

art



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Re: cp -rup fails if a file/directory exists

[Cliff Hones]

On 06/09/2015 22:16, Arthur Schwarz wrote:
> cp -rup dir /h/ works for version 8.23-4 but for version 8.24-1 it produces
> an error " cannot create directory '/h/dir': File exists", where 'dir' is a
> directory and '/h/' is a flash drive.
> 
> Is there something I can do to force a save? I do not want to delete then
> save, I'd rather update a file/dir that exists or create a file/dir that
> doesn't.
> 
> I've unsuccessfully looked for the cp update notice.

I think these are what you were looking for:

     https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2015-08/msg00472.html
     https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2015-08/msg00485.html

coreutils version 8.24-3 probably fixes your problem.

-- Cliff




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