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    Problem Report Number 2459
    Submitter's Classification Specification problem
    State Resolved
    Resolution Rejected (REJ)
    Problem Resolution ID REJ.X.0668
    Raised 2005-04-27 02:00
    Updated 2005-05-03 19:45
    Published 2005-05-03 19:45
    Product Standard Commands and Utilities V4 (UNIX 03)
    Certification Program The Open Brand certification program
    Test Suite VSC
    Specification Shell and Utilities Issue 6
    Location in Spec cp utility description
    Problem Summary cp command handling of symbolic links when -R is specified
    Problem Text In the description of the cp utility, it says:
    * If the -R option was specified:
    If none of the options -H, -L, nor -P were specified, it
    is unspecified which of -H, -L, or -P will be used as a
    default.

    In the description section that begins: "For each source file, the
    following steps ..."
    Step 4 b iii says:
    If source_file is a file of type symbolic link, the pathname contained
    in dest_file shall be the same as the pathname contained in source_file.

    This is mandating the -P behavior for symbolic links.

    Does this override the default being "unspecified"?

    If -L (or -H) is specified, does this override the step 4 b iii
    behavior? (That is, is the symbolic link chain followed before
    source_file is checked for a type of symbolic link?)

    Review Information

    Review Type SA Review
    Start Date 2005-04-27 02:00
    Last Updated 2005-04-29 06:25
    Completed 2005-04-29 06:25
    Status Complete
    Review Resolution Rejected (REJ)
    Review Conclusion This PR is rejected on procedural grounds. It neither contains test
    output nor asserts that there is an error or ambiguity in the
    specification.

    The submitter should pose the question to the Austin Group directly.

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