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Re: [cp v5.97] --noreply erroneously depreciated
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Brian Dessent |
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Re: [cp v5.97] --noreply erroneously depreciated |
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Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:56:05 -0800 |
Chris Velevitch wrote:
> I thought rsync is meant for copying files between machines? In what
There's no requirement that rsync can only be used between two different
machines.
> It did have it,
> until it got depreciated.
No, it didn't have such an option. Go read those old threads.
--reply=no would *only* have worked in those situations where mv would
have prompted the user. That means when -i was also specified and when
stdout was a terminal. But for example if -i wasn't given or mv was
used in a batch/cron situation with stdout redirected it would *not*
have prompted, and thus the file would be overwritten despite the user
giving --reply=no. This was the source of much confusion and the reason
why it the option was deprecated, because it did work in the manner that
people expected.
Brian