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From: "Dave Korn" <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: How to make `mv the hard way' fail
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:30:09 -0000
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X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Dec 2004 19:30:09.0734 (UTC) FILETIME=[288C7660:01C4E14A]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Shankar Unni
> Sent: 13 December 2004 19:21

> By the way, what do folks think of tying this to the "-i" 
> functionality?
> 
> Currently, "-i" is defined as "prompt before overwriting" 
> (i.e. if the 
> target is *not* present, it still does things silently, else it 
> prompts).  Sounds like a fine candidate for "prompt before 
> copying" as well, as in "prompt before overwriting or 
> moving-directories-by-copying"..


  No, for two reasons:

1)  Overloading a flag with two different meanings is obfuscatory.
2)  Changing the behaviour/semantics of an existing flag may adversely impact on
existing scripts/utilities.

  Therefore I'd say "It's a new feature, so make it a new flag."


    cheers, 
      DaveK
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Can't think of a witty .sigline today....


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