Re: Bug#149454: uudecode bug (?)

[martin f krafft]

thank you for your elaborate explanation. am i thusly correct in
concluding that this one i just have to accept even though it does
feel counter-intuitive? that's okay, it's the standard, after all, and
it's not like there weren't any smart people at work here...

but when i think a little about what you said, then i do have problems
coming up with UNIX programs that overwrite rather than unlink first.
we can basically ignore the filter proggies like cut, tr, sed, and
friends, so among the more frequently used UNIX commands are: cp, mv,
and `ln -f`. these all unlink first if the destination already exists.
what standard POSIX/UNIX/GNU commands overwrite rather than replace?
editors, okay, but else?

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