Re: cp/mv: add -n option to not overwrite target (Ubuntu bug #229182)

[Matthew Woehlke]

Aaron Peterson wrote:
> Note, interactive, and no-clobber don't have to be exclusive... Here
> is an example of them combined: Interactively see if the person wants
> to overwrite, then say, oh, you can't do it because you told me not
> to.
>
> Then -n -i  would say it can't overwrite a certain file, and not even
> have to ask.
>  -i -n  would ask, and then say, can't overwrite or similar.

I don't think that makes sense... why are you asking if you won't do it 
anyway?

> I believe that  might not be the posix way though...  Image magick
> order matters...  actually in cp order matters... So order could
> matter here too.

The order of -f and -i already matters, as I understand, so I don't see 
the problem extending that to -n (especially as -f, -n and -i are all 
closely related).

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