From: Jim Meyering Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 09:58:43 +0000 (+0000) Subject: *** empty log message *** X-Git-Tag: FILEUTILS-4_0_36~45 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb/index.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c1485dd85444e92deccb1ca60549a2633ef8b013;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git *** empty log message *** --- diff --git a/tests/cp/into-self b/tests/cp/into-self index 2d40022d19..bf5ade5b64 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