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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2000-09-12 14:04:20 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2000-09-12 14:04:20 +0000
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do this. Now, you must use `cp --remove-destination' to get this
behavior. Now, `cp -f' and `mv -f' work as required by POSIX.
[unlink_dest_after_failed_open]: Add member.
+ Paul Eggert reported that `cp -f' removes an existing destination
+ file unconditionally, and that is contrary to POSIX.
* src/copy.c (same_file_ok): New function, extracted from copy_internal,
and rewritten.