Re: RFC: cp -if a b: should it prompt? POSIX says `yes', most don't

[Jim Meyering]

address@hidden (Paul Jarc) wrote:
> Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
>> There is a discrepancy between POSIX and common practice
>> with respect to how `cp -if a b' should work.
>
> Someone probably ought to notify the POSIX folks about that and get a
> clarification.  Maybe they'll amend the spec to allow the existing
> behavior.

I've just done that.