let's say that I have a following file structure:
~/DIR1
-fileA
-DIR2
--fileB
Then, being in ~, I run this script:
cp DIR1 NEWDIR2
And just an error happens:
cp: omitting directory ‘DIR1’
I understand why nothing from DIR1 gets copied (because I didn't use -r switch that would enforce recursion) but I'd expect the DIR1 folder itself copied to NEWDIR2 (so practically a creation of a new "NEWDIR2" in ~ or a creation of ~/NEWDIR2/DIR1).
Could someone explain to me why is my expectation wrong?