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bug#62572: cp --no-clobber behavior has changed


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: bug#62572: cp --no-clobber behavior has changed
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 13:01:07 -0700
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On 2023-03-31 10:01, Alberto Salvia Novella wrote:
Is this on purpose?

Yes, part of the idea was to let shell programmers easily test whether cp successfully copied the data. Having cp -i conform to POSIX was a lesser consideration, though it's a bit nicer if -n and -i are somewhat consistent.

For what it's worth, the old behavior wasn't documented and the new behavior is.





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