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Diffstat (limited to 'tests/cp/into-self')
| -rwxr-xr-x | tests/cp/into-self | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tests/cp/into-self b/tests/cp/into-self index 2d40022d1..bf5ade5b6 100755 --- a/tests/cp/into-self +++ b/tests/cp/into-self @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ #!/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 |