[cmake-developers] [CMake 0015870]: "cmake -E copy" command do not display error if source is directory

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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https://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=15870 
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Reported By:                gang65
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   15870
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2015-12-02 17:20 EST
Last Modified:              2015-12-02 17:20 EST
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Summary:                    "cmake -E copy" command do not display error if
source is directory
Description: 
In current cmake implementation, by command:
 "cmake -E copy directory1 directory2"

Do not copy anything and do not displays errors.

Expected:
cmake should display error message that directory "directory1" was not copied.
It could be guarded by new Cmake policy

Steps to Reproduce: 
mkdir directory1 
mkdir directory2
cmake -E copy directory1 directory2
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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2015-12-02 17:20 gang65         New Issue                                    
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