[cs631apue] About File Mode

[Jan Schaumann]

Jan Schaumann <jschauma at stevens.edu> wrote:
> Yuxi Wang <ywang286 at stevens.edu> wrote:
> > One more question, is the source must be a file instead of a dir?
> 
> What does cp(1) do if the source is a file?

Of course I meant to say: what does cp(1) do if the
source is a _directory_?

Calling your tool 'bbcp source target' is effectively
the same as calling 'cp source target'.

-Jan