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Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:12:37 +0300
From: "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com>
To: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: cp -n vs. test -f
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On 1/24/06, Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/24/06, Andrew P. <infofarmer@gmail.com> wrote:
> > So why do we use "if [ ! -f file ] ; then cp file.new file; fi"
> > instead of "cp -n file.new file" in pkg-plist's and many
> > other places? I think the "cp -n" way is what we really
> > mean to do.
> >
> We probably don't use it because of the following at the bottom of the
> cp man page.
>
> "The -v and -n options are non-standard and their use in scripts is
> not recommended."
>
> Scot
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cp manpage has this since FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE,
can we get over it and start using it?