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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2014-03-24 23:14:43 -0700
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2014-03-24 23:18:41 -0700
commit4b25fdbdabce1b758e55880d0aa3947614d94c3d (patch)
treec67488717b39abf12bb3fae00f60b1f05ad4087d /src/copy.c
parent5f9a5b3f0346f4fb6b758953d4eaeff3d6a419d6 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-4b25fdbdabce1b758e55880d0aa3947614d94c3d.tar.xz
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.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/copy.c')
-rw-r--r--src/copy.c12
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 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;
}