Forcing 'cp' to return 0 even if file not found?

[cpjust]

Is there a way to force the 'cp' command to return 0, even if the file you're trying to copy doesn't exist?
I want to do:

cp *.deb package/output

but if there are no .deb files I don't want it to return non-zero (and thereby causing my script to fail).

 

[TonyGroves]

You could add a dummy file to the command, then delete the copy of that file. For example:
[tt]
cp /dev/null *.deb package/output
rm package/output/null
[/tt]

 

[DonQuichote]

What does it return when you add a slash to the destination? Or do you really want every *.deb file copied to the file package/output?

+++ Despite being wrong in every important aspect, that is a very good analogy +++
Hex (in Darwin's Watch)

 

[TonyGroves]

DonQuixote:
If the directory package/output exists, the file(s) will be copied into that directory. If the directory package/output does not exist, then an error will be returned if more than one file is being copied. At least that's how I understand GNU cp operates.

 

[cpjust]

Thanks, I actually found a work around...

(cp *.deb package/output; exit 0)