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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2005-06-24 08:05:51 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2005-06-24 08:05:51 +0000 |
| commit | a8249aba924e887d50ab0a93867b0b8c061f31c4 (patch) | |
| tree | c768d2b7039c292243bef33350977152eb30c6db /doc | |
| parent | a345498d97c9cfff36dca47aa8860444eb8eb23c (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-a8249aba924e887d50ab0a93867b0b8c061f31c4.tar.xz | |
(cp invocation): Clarify how --reply=no works.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 4 |
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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 3af02df2a..8e69b726d 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -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. |