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Re: mv -i --reply=no ... acts like --reply=yes
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: mv -i --reply=no ... acts like --reply=yes |
Date: |
Thu, 15 Apr 2004 18:04:39 +0200 |
address@hidden (Paul Jarc) wrote:
> Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Tim Waugh <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> $ echo a > a/foo
>>> $ echo b > b/foo
>>> $ mv -i --reply=no a/foo b/foo
>>> $ cat b/foo
>>> a
>>
>> That's because -i is equivalent to --reply=query (as mentioned in --help),
>> and since you specify --reply=no after -i,
>> the --reply=no takes precedence.
>
> I think that's what Tim expected. But b/foo was replaced with a/foo,
> in spite of --reply=no. The same thing happens for me with 5.2.1.
But --reply=no has an effect only when there *would be* a prompt,
and once the -i has been canceled out (and since the destination
file is writable), there is no prompt.