Folks, I noticed that the --reply option is being deprecated in mv.
Perhaps I am overlooking something, but it appears as if key functionality is being removed from the command. I regularly write scripts with --reply=no with the intent that if the target file exists, the mv command fails. Neither of the recommended replacements, -i, nor -f offer this functionality. Because these scripts may be run from a cron job, I don't want to ask for user input. The only option left, if --reply=no is removed, is to use mv -i x y < /dev/null 2> /dev/null You tell me, is this clearer than mv --reply=no x y I don't think so. If you insist on removing my beloved --reply=no, please replace it with a new option that provides the same functionality, and please provide several years, 3-4 at least, to allow the new command to propagate through all the various Linux distributions that are out there. Thanks, Yours, Dana _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils