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Date:      Mon, 29 Sep 1997 21:39:46 +1000
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        current@freebsd.org, wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de
Subject:   Re: silent cp -i
Message-ID:  <199709291139.VAA31427@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>cp(1) is too silent if used with the option -i. It should
>print which input cp expect (y/n) and print a warning if the
>file was not overwritten.

cp actually expects y/Y/other.

POSIX.2 doesn't permit cp to print to stdout.  stderr is permitted
for diagnostics.

Bruce



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