Re: Bug#160849: coreutils: bug report for GNU Core Utils

[Eric Blake]

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According to Jim Meyering on 6/24/2005 1:58 AM:
> Now, the help output for --reply looks like this:
> 
>       --reply={yes,no,query}   specify how to handle the prompt about an
>                                  existing destination file.  Note that
>                                  --reply=no has an effect only when mv
>                                  would prompt without -i or equivalent, i.e.,
>                                  when a destination file exists and is not
>                                  writable, standard input is a terminal, and
>                                  no -f (or equivalent) option is specified

That wording is a bit awkward.  How about this instead:
Note that --reply=no has an effect only when mv would prompt, either when
- -i is present, or for the combination of a destination file exists, is not
writable, standard input is a terminal, and -f (or equivalent) is not present

- --
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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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