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authorPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2016-11-19 11:26:43 +0000
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2016-11-19 17:05:33 +0000
commitf1799198483171c8565a4ff8fc1205d0a52fce37 (patch)
treefcd58921c28ced224cf33f7c4cb45871a385ae91 /tests/install
parent0c5cc8384a84ad39f7788ed1c5092bc14a0431ce (diff)
downloadcoreutils-f1799198483171c8565a4ff8fc1205d0a52fce37.tar.xz
cp: improve status message when omitting directories
* src/copy.h (cp_options): Add a new flag for install(1). * src/copy.c (copy_internal): For cp, also output remediation advice which also indicates why directories aren't copied by default. The message is unchanged for install(1). * src/cp.c (cp_option_init): Init install_mode to false. * src/mv.c (cp_option_init): Likewise. * src/install.c (cp_option_init): Init install_mode to true. * tests/install/basic-1.sh: Add a test case. * tests/cp/link-deref.sh: Adjust test case. Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/24958
Diffstat (limited to 'tests/install')
-rwxr-xr-xtests/install/basic-1.sh5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tests/install/basic-1.sh b/tests/install/basic-1.sh
index 23a2d581f..1a7147c1f 100755
--- a/tests/install/basic-1.sh
+++ b/tests/install/basic-1.sh
@@ -143,4 +143,9 @@ compare - out <<\EOF || fail=1
'file' -> 'sub4/dir_exists/file'
EOF
+# Ensure omitted directories are diagnosed
+returns_ 1 ginstall . . 2>err || fail=1
+printf '%s\n' "ginstall: omitting directory '.'" >exp || framework_failure_
+compare exp err || fail=1
+
Exit $fail