From 3c3e5c4a312f757a2f4e2ffaeb2212ce180b72fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 17:17:49 +0000 Subject: add a comment --- src/copy.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/copy.c b/src/copy.c index eb369b243..16493ab4c 100644 --- a/src/copy.c +++ b/src/copy.c @@ -1408,6 +1408,8 @@ copy_internal (const char *src_path, const char *dst_path, if (x->recursive && x->copy_as_regular) { + /* Warn that applying `cp -r' to symlinks is not portable, + but go ahead and preserve the symlink. */ error (0, 0, _("%s: WARNING: using -r to copy symbolic\ links is not portable"), quote (src_path)); } -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2