Possible Duplicate:Why does this compound command report errors when copying directories? if one executes the following two commands in one line, as follows,rm -rf dir ; cp -r dir2 dirit may complain that cp can not create directory dir/subdir: File existsbut if these two commands are executed in two lines, no errors will be thrown. I am just wandering what is the difference? and more importantly, how to execute two commands in one line, with the effect exactly the same as by two lines... PS: what is in dir or dir2 is hugh, typically 4gb
Why does this compound command report errors when copying directories?
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