Thanks for that good answer. Bye Christoph P.
Jim Meyering wrote: > > Christoph Plattner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > why did you change the policy of the `-i' and `-f' usage after > > the version 4.0 of the fileutils package. (For example in > > 4.0.36, or 4.1). > > Because that's not consistent with the POSIX specification > that describes how cp should work. It is unfortunate that > -i and -f don't mean the same thing with cp as with mv. > For that reason, with newer versions of the fileutils cp and > mv both accept the --reply[=HOW] option: > > `--reply[=HOW]' > Using `--reply=yes' makes `cp' act as if `yes' were given as a > response to every prompt about a destination file. That > effectively cancels any preceding `--interactive' or `-i' option. > Specify `--reply=no' to make `cp' act as if `no' were given as a > response to every prompt about a destination file. Specify > `--reply=query' to make `cp' prompt the user about each existing > destination file. > > > Many UNIX users (AFAIK)and I want to use `-f' to > > override `-i'. For example I have an alias of: > > > > cp='cp -i' > > You might want to use 'cp --backup=numbered' instead. > Then you won't be prompted at all, and existing files > will merely end up being renamed to emacs-style backups > like foo.c.~1~ > > > to be prompted before overwriting. To force overwriting, > > I used the `-f' option on the command line. > > With the newer fileutils package this is not possible any > > more. -- ------------------------------------------------------- private: [EMAIL PROTECTED] company: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils
