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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2001-01-10 09:58:43 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2001-01-10 09:58:43 +0000
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#!/bin/sh
-# confirm that copying a directory into itself gets a proper diagnostic
+# Confirm that copying a directory into itself gets a proper diagnostic.
+# In 4.0.35 and earlier, `mkdir dir && cp -R dir dir' would produce this:
+# cp: won't create hard link `dir/dir/dir' to directory `'
+# Now it gives this:
+# cp: can't copy a directory `dir' into itself `dir/dir'
if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
set -x