Re: -e and permission denied

[Eric Blake]

On 10/03/2013 04:19 PM, victor@vsespb.ru wrote:
> пятница, 4 октября 2013 г., 2:11:51 UTC+4 пользователь Eric Blake написал:
>> For all intents and purposes
> 
> What about the following intent:
> -if file exists, backup file
> -throw an error in case of permission problem (to avoid missing files in the 
> backup destination)
> ?

And how do you propose to back up a file that you do not have permission
to access?  For all intents and purposes, the file may as well not exist
in the first place.

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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