Thom Brown <t...@linux.com> writes:
> On 18 June 2011 04:13, Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote:
>> I tested on FreeBSD 7.4 and saw a 1 error return:

> And on a Mac (so through Darwin 10.7.0 a BSD version too):

Yeah, see yesterday's discussion on pgsql-admin.  I think the behavior
with the error return may be a BSD-ism.  In any case, GNU cp does *not*
do what we want, and that accounts for a sufficiently large fraction of
machines in the field that I think it's just unsafe to suggest using
"cp -i" so prominently.  There are too many people who'll just copy and
paste the first example provided, especially if the warning to test it
is buried several paragraphs later.

                        regards, tom lane

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