IEEE Std 1003.1-2004 also states the following for the cp utility under
section 2e:
2. If source_file is of type directory, the following steps shall be taken:
....
e. ... If dest_file cannot be created, cp shall write a diagnostic
message to standard error, do nothing more with source_file, and go on
to any remaining files. ...
Currently the cp utility exits with the error message. An updated
inclusive patch is listed below.
- Jason
<http://www.smethers.net/~jason/patches/cp.c.diff2>