Re: cp -iu always prompts

[Eric Blake]

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According to Becker, Paul on 12/27/2006 12:23 PM:
> Currently, "cp -ui" always prompts the user, even if nothing
> 
> is going to be attempted to be copied. I would expect to only be
> 
> prompted if the file is going to be copied. I don't think the user
> 
> should be prompted for every single file even if it is not going
> 
> to be copied anyway.

Indeed, without the -u, this behavior of cp -i is required by POSIX.  But
since -u is a GNU extension, you are correct that it may be worth changing
the behavior in this area to suppress the -i prompt if -u determines the
dates imply no copy is needed.  Now all that is needed is for someone with
enough time to write a patch.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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