GNU bug report logs - #12335
[cp] "cp -s" cannot create symbolic link in parent dir

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Package: coreutils; Reported by: subratkumar <subratkumar.o@HIDDEN>; dated Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:14:01 UTC; Maintainer for coreutils is bug-coreutils@HIDDEN.
Changed bug title to '[cp] "cp -s" cannot create symbolic link in parent dir' from 'Regarding the observed bugs in cp' Request was from era eriksson <era@HIDDEN> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. Full text available.
bug 10900 cloned as bug 12335. Request was from era eriksson <era@HIDDEN> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. Full text available.
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Forwarding a replyI only received in private.  Please keep the Cc: on
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From: subratkumar <subratkumar.o@HIDDEN>
To: era eriksson <era@HIDDEN>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:04

On Thursday 30 August 2012 01:38 PM, era eriksson wrote:

I stumbled across your recent bug report for cp
[1]http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=10900
and I was wondering if you could follow up with a bit of additional
information.  What did you expect to happen, and what should be fixed in
order for cp to behave like you expect?

Thanks for your bug report!  I am but a mere bystander, but I appreciate
your effort.

/* era */


I expected :
1.cp -r dir1 dir1 (should not copy dir1 inside dir1) ,it was coming with an erro
r message but it was copying inside dir1 ,please check it inside dir1.
2.cp -s file1 ../dir1/ (symlinking out side the current directory should be allo
wed) but it came with error symlink restricted to  current directory.
Please have a look. Let me know about these.

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References

1. http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=10900

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I stumbled across your recent bug report for cp
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=10900">http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=10900</a>
and I was wondering if you could follow up with a bit of additional
information.  What did you expect to happen, and what should be fixed in
order for cp to behave like you expect?

Thanks for your bug report!  I am but a mere bystander, but I appreciate
your effort.

/* era */

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I expected :
1.cp -r dir1 dir1 (should not copy dir1 inside dir1) ,it was coming with an error message but it was copying inside dir1 ,please check it inside dir1.
2.cp -s file1 ../dir1/ (symlinking out side the current directory should be allowed) but it came with error symlink restricted to  current directory.
Please have a look. Let me know about these.
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I stumbled across your recent bug report for cp
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Thanks for your bug report!  I am but a mere bystander, but I appreciate
your effort.

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1. cp -r a a
cp: cannot copy a directory, `a', into itself, `a/a'
as per this the it is not allowable to copy a into a.But its doing
2. cp -s b ../
cp: `../b': can make relative symbolic links only in current directory
its a symbolic link and should not restrict to current directory.
i have checked it in kernel 2.6.21.5 and 3.04 .Please check it and let 
me know if its corrected or not.
Thanks and Regards
Subrat Kumar Ojha
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