On 2010-03-27 03:38:08 +1100, Tim Connors wrote: > Yeah, but 'crontab -' is abortable,
You can still silently lose the crontab under some conditions. For instance, type "crontab" or "crontab -", then [Enter], then close the terminal window. The crontab is lost! So, even "crontab" and "crontab -" would need -i. > > Also, I think that the user should be prompted only when the user > > already has a crontab. Currently, "crontab -r -i" prompts the user > > is any case. > > Yep. Just like 'rm -i' and 'cp -i'. No, rm -i and cp -i don't prompt the user if the target doesn't exist: xvii% rm -i wgegwrtgrwg rm: cannot remove `wgegwrtgrwg': No such file or directory xvii% cp -i file fwefwefwef xvii% -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arénaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
