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-rw-r--r--toys/posix/cp.c14
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/toys/posix/cp.c b/toys/posix/cp.c
index ea1ef6f4..d21af2ff 100644
--- a/toys/posix/cp.c
+++ b/toys/posix/cp.c
@@ -345,7 +345,19 @@ int cp_node(struct dirtree *try)
err = "%s";
}
- if (err) perror_msg(err, catch);
+ if (err) {
+ char *f = 0;
+
+ if (catch == try->name) {
+ f = dirtree_path(try, 0);
+ while (try->parent) try = try->parent;
+ catch = xmprintf("%s%s", TT.destname, f+strlen(try->name));
+ free(f);
+ f = catch;
+ }
+ perror_msg(err, catch);
+ free(f);
+ }
return 0;
}