cp does not recursively copy from readonly location

[xliyong]

shell.cp('-R', , dest) fails with the following error:

cp: copyFileSync: could not write to dest file (code=EACCES):

[Schoonology]

Can we get a little more context? For one, the actual code used to produce the error, as your snippet is missing a sample. For two, is where you're trying to write a valid target?

[xliyong]

Steps to reproduce it:

cd /tmp
mkdir -p a/b
echo "text" >> a/b/c.txt
chmod -R -w ./a

And I have the following script to copy /tmp/a to a new directory.

require('shelljs/global');
cp('-R', '/tmp/a/*', '/tmp/newdir')

wang@adnmacsg013:/tmp> shjs script.js
cp: copyFileSync: could not write to dest file (code=EACCES):/tmp/newdir/b/c.txt

[Schoonology]

That's the exact kind of context I was talking about. Thanks, @leyonh - this will help immensely.