3 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lib/lib.c b/lib/lib.c
index a6114321..14cedb60 100644
--- a/lib/lib.c
+++ b/lib/lib.c
@@ -1059,16 +1059,16 @@ char *getbasename(char *name)
   return name;
 }
 
-// Is this file under this directory?
-int fileunderdir(char *file, char *dir)
+// Return pointer to xabspath(file) if file is under dir, else 0
+char *fileunderdir(char *file, char *dir)
 {
   char *s1 = xabspath(dir, 1), *s2 = xabspath(file, -1), *ss = s2;
   int rc = s1 && s2 && strstart(&ss, s1) && (!s1[1] || s2[strlen(s1)] == '/');
 
   free(s1);
-  free(s2);
+  if (!rc) free(s2);
 
-  return rc;
+  return rc ? s2 : 0;
 }
 
 // Execute a callback for each PID that matches a process name from a list.
diff --git a/lib/lib.h b/lib/lib.h
index 8e6514a8..e220962c 100644
--- a/lib/lib.h
+++ b/lib/lib.h
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ mode_t string_to_mode(char *mode_str, mode_t base);
 void mode_to_string(mode_t mode, char *buf);
 char *getdirname(char *name);
 char *getbasename(char *name);
-int fileunderdir(char *file, char *dir);
+char *fileunderdir(char *file, char *dir);
 void names_to_pid(char **names, int (*callback)(pid_t pid, char *name));
 
 pid_t __attribute__((returns_twice)) xvforkwrap(pid_t pid);
diff --git a/toys/posix/cp.c b/toys/posix/cp.c
index 3b30f8a8..751a718c 100644
--- a/toys/posix/cp.c
+++ b/toys/posix/cp.c
@@ -409,12 +409,15 @@ void cp_main(void)
       char *s = (toys.optflags&FLAG_D) ? getdirname(src) : getbasename(src);
 
       TT.destname = xmprintf("%s/%s", destname, s);
-      if (toys.optflags&FLAG_D) {
+      if (FLAG(D)) {
         free(s);
-        if (!fileunderdir(TT.destname, destname)) {
+        if (!(s = fileunderdir(TT.destname, destname))) {
           error_msg("%s not under %s", TT.destname, destname);
           continue;
-        } else mkpath(TT.destname);
+        }
+        // TODO: .. follows abspath, not links...
+        free(s);
+        mkpath(TT.destname);
       }
     } else TT.destname = destname;