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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2001-09-16 15:52:04 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2001-09-16 15:52:04 +0000
commita73c5cdedd754a0ecb448e6286b9bf6f1e369160 (patch)
tree1e4d5eb59fe757970efdb8a129cd50a7c6e0ada4 /doc
parent6732d5e87e7624750a4aa678064bfb118a24b00c (diff)
downloadcoreutils-a73c5cdedd754a0ecb448e6286b9bf6f1e369160.tar.xz
(mv invocation): Describe new option: --reply={yes,no,query}. Fix a few typos.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/coreutils.texi17
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 076d343e5..098bc4653 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -3707,7 +3707,7 @@ In this output format, some special characters, like @kbd{$}, @kbd{%},
backslash. Curly brackets @kbd{@{}, @kbd{@}} are protected with a
backslash and a pair of dollar signs (to force mathematical mode). The
backslash itself produces the sequence @code{\backslash@{@}}.
-Circumflex and tilde diacritics produce the sequence @code{^\@{ @}} and
+Circumflex and tilde diacritical marks produce the sequence @code{^\@{ @}} and
@code{~\@{ @}} respectively. Other diacriticized characters of the
underlying character set produce an appropriate @TeX{} sequence as far
as possible. The other non-graphical characters, like newline and tab,
@@ -5968,7 +5968,7 @@ it removes the originals. If the copy fails, then the part that was
copied to the destination partition is removed. If you were to copy
three directories from one partition to another and the copy of the first
directory succeeded, but the second didn't, the first would be left on
-the destination partion and the second and third would be left on the
+the destination partition and the second and third would be left on the
original partition.
@cindex prompting, and @code{mv}
@@ -6001,7 +6001,7 @@ Make a backup of each file that would otherwise be overwritten or removed.
@opindex -f
@opindex --force
@cindex prompts, omitting
-Do not prompt the user before removing an unwritable destination file.
+Do not prompt the user before removing a destination file.
@item -i
@itemx --interactive
@@ -6012,12 +6012,21 @@ Prompt whether to overwrite each existing destination file, regardless
of its permissions. If the response does not begin with @samp{y} or
@samp{Y}, the file is skipped.
+@itemx @w{@kbd{--reply}[=@var{how}]}
+@opindex --reply
+@cindex interactivity
+Specifying @option{--reply=yes} is equivalent to using @option{--force}.
+Specify @option{--reply=no} to make @code{mv} act as if @samp{no} were
+given as a response to every prompt about a destination file.
+Specify @option{--reply=query} to make @code{mv} prompt the user
+about each existing destination file.
+
@item -u
@itemx --update
@opindex -u
@opindex --update
@cindex newer files, moving only
-Do not move a nondirectory that has an existing destination with the
+Do not move a non-directory that has an existing destination with the
same or newer modification time.
@item -v