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mv --reply=no overwrites files
From: |
Christian Boltz |
Subject: |
mv --reply=no overwrites files |
Date: |
Sat, 2 Jul 2005 23:13:53 +0200 |
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Hello,
I just found a bug in mv: it overwrites files even when --reply=no is
given (which should never overwrite existing files according to the
documentation).
address@hidden:/tmp/test/mvtest> touch 1 2 3
address@hidden:/tmp/test/mvtest> ls
1 2 3
address@hidden:/tmp/test/mvtest> mv --reply=no 1 2
address@hidden:/tmp/test/mvtest> ls
2 3
address@hidden:/tmp/test/mvtest>
Oops, the file "2" was overwritten... :-(
BTW: --reply=query and --reply=yes work as expected.
I use the following version of mv (SuSE Linux 9.3):
address@hidden:~> LC_ALL=C mv --version
mv (GNU coreutils) 5.3.0
Written by Mike Parker, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.
Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
Regards,
Christian Boltz
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Christian Boltz <=