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Re: mv -i --reply=no ... acts like --reply=yes
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: mv -i --reply=no ... acts like --reply=yes |
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Thu, 15 Apr 2004 11:41:33 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) |
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.
paul