Re: Bug#160849: coreutils: bug report for GNU Core Utils

[Jim Meyering]

Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> wrote:
> Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:
>> Thanks, but that's not accurate, since --reply=no has no effect
>> if it *precedes* a -i (aka --reply=query) option, and if it
>> follows -i, then the -i is disregarded.
>
> Why not just say that -i/-f/--reply override each other and the last one
> wins?

The --help output already mentions that -i and -f each have --reply=...
equivalents, but I'd welcome a specific addition to that effect.

Nonetheless, the explanation I added is needed to explain what
--reply=no actually does, since people often don't know that mv
prompts sometimes even when -i (or equiv) has not been specified.