joshcarp/cp-differences.md

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Differences between cp on macos and linux

Raw

macos: cp -r dir/ will copy everything INSIDE output linux will copy the whole folder (output)

macos

mkdir dir1
touch dir1/blah
mkdir dir2
cp -r dir1/ dir2
ls dir2/

outputs:

blah

linux

docker run -i -t --rm=true debian /bin/bash
mkdir dir1
touch dir1/blah
mkdir dir2
cp -r dir1/ dir2
ls dir2/

outputs:

dir1