Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 19:27:16 +0200 From: Johan Karlsson <johan@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-standards@freebsd.org Cc: sheldonh@freebsd.org Subject: Re: adding -n flag to cp(1)/mv(1) Message-ID: <20020708192716.D56044@numeri.campus.luth.se> In-Reply-To: <20020708191912.C56044@numeri.campus.luth.se>; from johan@freebsd.org on Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 07:19:12PM %2B0200 References: <20020708191912.C56044@numeri.campus.luth.se>
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Ok my suggestion only applies to cp(1) since mv(1) already has -n which does this. /Johan K On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 19:19 (+0200) +0000, Johan Karlsson wrote: > Hi > > I'm thinking about adding a flag to cp(1)/mv(1) > to make it never overwrite an existing file. > (see PR 7828 for the original suggestion) > > I guess a natural flag to use is -n as in the PR > but I want to know if this violates any of the > standards that we are trying to conform to. > > Or is this a realy stupid idea for some > other (standards) reason? > > > /Johan K > > -- > Johan Karlsson mailto:johan@FreeBSD.org -- Johan Karlsson mailto:johan@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-standards" in the body of the message
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