cp: improve quality of overwrite prompt

* src/copy.c (overwrite_prompt): New arg X.  All callers changed.
Use X to improve the quality of the prompt (Bug#17087).
* tests/mv/i-2.sh, tests/mv/i-3.sh: Change test to match new prompt.

3 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/copy.c b/src/copy.c
index 49983869f..bd4df05fb 100644
--- a/src/copy.c
+++ b/src/copy.c
@@ -1566,7 +1566,8 @@ writable_destination (char const *file, mode_t mode)
 }
 
 static void
-overwrite_prompt (char const *dst_name, struct stat const *dst_sb)
+overwrite_prompt (struct cp_options const *x, char const *dst_name,
+                  struct stat const *dst_sb)
 {
   if (! writable_destination (dst_name, dst_sb->st_mode))
     {
@@ -1574,7 +1575,10 @@ overwrite_prompt (char const *dst_name, struct stat const *dst_sb)
       strmode (dst_sb->st_mode, perms);
       perms[10] = '\0';
       fprintf (stderr,
-               _("%s: try to overwrite %s, overriding mode %04lo (%s)? "),
+               _((x->unlink_dest_before_opening
+                  || x->unlink_dest_after_failed_open)
+                 ? "%s: replace %s, overriding mode %04lo (%s)? "
+                 : "%s: unwritable %s (mode %04lo, %s); try anyway? "),
                program_name, quote (dst_name),
                (unsigned long int) (dst_sb->st_mode & CHMOD_MODE_BITS),
                &perms[1]);
@@ -1638,7 +1642,7 @@ abandon_move (const struct cp_options *x,
                || (x->interactive == I_UNSPECIFIED
                    && x->stdin_tty
                    && ! writable_destination (dst_name, dst_sb->st_mode)))
-              && (overwrite_prompt (dst_name, dst_sb), 1)
+              && (overwrite_prompt (x, dst_name, dst_sb), 1)
               && ! yesno ()));
 }
 
@@ -1913,7 +1917,7 @@ copy_internal (char const *src_name, char const *dst_name,
               if (! S_ISDIR (src_mode)
                   && (x->interactive == I_ALWAYS_NO
                       || (x->interactive == I_ASK_USER
-                          && (overwrite_prompt (dst_name, &dst_sb), 1)
+                          && (overwrite_prompt (x, dst_name, &dst_sb), 1)
                           && ! yesno ())))
                 return true;
             }
diff --git a/tests/mv/i-2.sh b/tests/mv/i-2.sh
index 62d63af77..4202b5c5b 100755
--- a/tests/mv/i-2.sh
+++ b/tests/mv/i-2.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ cp -if e f < y > out 2>&1 || fail=1
 
 # Make sure out contains the prompt.
 case "$(cat out)" in
-  "cp: try to overwrite 'f', overriding mode 0000 (---------)?"*) ;;
+  "cp: replace 'f', overriding mode 0000 (---------)?"*) ;;
   *) fail=1 ;;
 esac
 
diff --git a/tests/mv/i-3.sh b/tests/mv/i-3.sh
index e03dc9999..690af7385 100755
--- a/tests/mv/i-3.sh
+++ b/tests/mv/i-3.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ check_overwrite_prompt()
 {
   local delay="$1"
   case "$(cat out)" in
-    "mv: try to overwrite 'g', overriding mode 0000"*) ;;
+    "mv: replace 'g', overriding mode 0000"*) ;;
     *) sleep $delay; return 1;;
   esac
 }