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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