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Re: Bug#160849: coreutils: bug report for GNU Core Utils
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: Bug#160849: coreutils: bug report for GNU Core Utils |
Date: |
Fri, 24 Jun 2005 15:15:38 +0200 |
Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> wrote:
> Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:
>> Thanks, but that's not accurate, since --reply=no has no effect
>> if it *precedes* a -i (aka --reply=query) option, and if it
>> follows -i, then the -i is disregarded.
>
> Why not just say that -i/-f/--reply override each other and the last one
> wins?
The --help output already mentions that -i and -f each have --reply=...
equivalents, but I'd welcome a specific addition to that effect.
Nonetheless, the explanation I added is needed to explain what
--reply=no actually does, since people often don't know that mv
prompts sometimes even when -i (or equiv) has not been specified.
- Re: Bug#160849: coreutils: bug report for GNU Core Utils, Jim Meyering, 2005/06/24
- Re: Bug#160849: coreutils: bug report for GNU Core Utils, Eric Blake, 2005/06/24
- Re: Bug#160849: coreutils: bug report for GNU Core Utils, Jim Meyering, 2005/06/24
- Re: Bug#160849: coreutils: bug report for GNU Core Utils, Andreas Schwab, 2005/06/24
- Re: Bug#160849: coreutils: bug report for GNU Core Utils,
Jim Meyering <=
- Re: Bug#160849: coreutils: bug report for GNU Core Utils, Andreas Schwab, 2005/06/24
- Re: Bug#160849: coreutils: bug report for GNU Core Utils, Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum, 2005/06/24
- Re: Bug#160849: coreutils: bug report for GNU Core Utils, Bob Proulx, 2005/06/24
- Re: Bug#160849: coreutils: bug report for GNU Core Utils, Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum, 2005/06/24
- Re: Bug#160849: coreutils: bug report for GNU Core Utils, Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum, 2005/06/24
- Re: Bug#160849: coreutils: bug report for GNU Core Utils, Jim Meyering, 2005/06/24
- Re: Bug#160849: coreutils: bug report for GNU Core Utils, Bob Proulx, 2005/06/24
- Re: Bug#160849: coreutils: bug report for GNU Core Utils, Michael Stone, 2005/06/24
- Deprecating mv's --reply={yes,no,query} option, Jim Meyering, 2005/06/30
- Re: Deprecating mv's --reply={yes,no,query} option, Tim Waugh, 2005/06/30