cp: --remove-destination shouldn't fail if destination is symlink to source #5420

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cakebaker opened this issue Oct 18, 2023 · 0 comments · Fixed by #5430

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cakebaker commented Oct 18, 2023

uutils cp:

$ touch a
$ ln -s a symlink
$ cargo run cp --remove-destination a symlink
cp: 'a' and 'symlink' are the same file

GNU cp, on the other hand, creates a copy of a named symlink:

$ touch a
$ ln -s a symlink
$ ls -l
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 dho dho 0 Oct 18 15:16 a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 dho dho 1 Oct 18 15:16 symlink -> a
$ cp --remove-destination a symlink 
$ ls -l
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 dho dho 0 Oct 18 15:16 a
-rw-r--r-- 1 dho dho 0 Oct 18 15:16 symlink

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cp --remove-destination: don't fail if destination is symlink to source #5430

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