[Bug 1099029] Re: cp command ignores argument

[Philip Wyett]

Could you supply a valid example as the one supplied is not a correct
for the use of '--remove-destination'.

Please see: man cp

As an example usage:

 - create a 'folder1' and 'folder2'
 - create a file named 'me.txt' with different contents in each of the folders created above.
 - now run 'cp -v --remove-destination folder1/me.txt folder2/me.txt'

Output of cp (argument '-v' verbose supplied:

removed `folder2/me.txt'
`folder1/me.txt' -> `folder2/me.txt'


** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  cp command ignores argument --remove-destination

Status in “coreutils” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  when running the command "cp --remove-destination -R folder1 folder2",
  cp ignores the --remove-destination argument, and it is never removed.

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