- destination files or directories do not exist yet. Note that
- this command will not descend into subdirectories if the
- destination directory already exists. Instead, the entire
- copy operation is skipped. If the argument is omitted, files
- from the source directory
+ destination files or directories do not exist yet or the
+ destination directory is empty. Note that this command will not
+ descend into subdirectories if the destination directory already
+ exists and is not empty. Instead, the entire copy operation is
+ skipped. If the argument is omitted, files from the source directory