From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2008-08-22T00:19:07+09:00
Subject: Re: copy a folder and its contents

2008/8/21 aidy <aidy.lewis@googlemail.com>:
> Hi Lex,
>
> On Aug 21, 3:59 pm, Lex Williams <eta...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> use cp_r
>> --
>> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
> Thanks, I had previously tried it and received this recursive
> exception
>
> No such file or directory - C:/rspec_reports/javascripts/test/
> javascripts/test/javascripts/test/javascripts/test/javascripts/test/
> javascripts/test/javascripts/test/javascripts/test/javascripts/test/
> javascripts/test/javascripts/test/javascripts/test/javascripts/test/
> javascripts

This comes as no surprise because you are trying to copy a folder
hierarchy into a folder which is inside that hierarchy.  In other
words: the recursion is in your copying. Are you sure this is what you
want?

Kind regards

robert


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