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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2005-06-24 08:02:36 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2005-06-24 08:02:36 +0000
commita345498d97c9cfff36dca47aa8860444eb8eb23c (patch)
tree457b54d07fad861503454ef8e03ba11aa5300a15 /src
parent5b87f6a2710c8f52805a4b3ef60ae7a5d62b963f (diff)
downloadcoreutils-a345498d97c9cfff36dca47aa8860444eb8eb23c.tar.xz
(usage): Clarify how --reply=no works.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/mv.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/mv.c b/src/mv.c
index 490e57c06..a56aa4fd5 100644
--- a/src/mv.c
+++ b/src/mv.c
@@ -317,7 +317,12 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
--reply={yes,no,query} specify how to handle the prompt about an\n\
- existing destination file\n\
+ existing destination file. Note that\n\
+ --reply=no has an effect only when mv\n\
+ would prompt without -i or equivalent, i.e.,\n\
+ when a destination file exists and is not\n\
+ writable, standard input is a terminal, and\n\
+ no -f (or equivalent) option is specified\n\
--strip-trailing-slashes remove any trailing slashes from each SOURCE\n\
argument\n\
-S, --suffix=SUFFIX override the usual backup suffix\n\