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CP enhancement
From: |
Thomas Kimpton |
Subject: |
CP enhancement |
Date: |
Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:39:18 -0700 |
"cp -n srcFile destFile" returns 0 if it copies the file. It also returns 0
if it fails to copy the file over an existing file. I would like "cp -n" to
return 1 (or perhaps EEXIST) when it will refuse to overwrite an existing
file. This would facilitate:
cp -n srcFile destFile && chmod +x destFile
Or other similar idioms.
Thanks!
Tom Kimpton
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