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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2005-06-24 08:05:51 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2005-06-24 08:05:51 +0000
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downloadcoreutils-a8249aba924e887d50ab0a93867b0b8c061f31c4.tar.xz
(cp invocation): Clarify how --reply=no works.
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@@ -6515,6 +6515,10 @@ given as a response to every prompt about a destination file. That effectively
cancels any preceding @option{--interactive} or @option{-i} option.
Specify @option{--reply=no} to make @command{cp} act as if @samp{no} were
given as a response to every prompt about a destination file.
+Note that @option{--reply=no} has an effect only when mv would prompt
+without @option{-i} or equivalent, i.e., when a destination file exists and is
+not writable, standard input is a terminal, and no @option{-f} (or equivalent)
+option is specified.
Specify @option{--reply=query} to make @command{cp} prompt the user
about each existing destination file.