Re: [cp v5.97] --noreply erroneously depreciated

[Eric Blake]

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According to Chris Velevitch on 12/19/2007 11:37 PM:
> I use cp --noreply=no to unconditional keep existing files. Now that
> it's depreciated, I see no equivalent option.

It's --reply=no, not --noreply=no.  And this has already been discussed:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2007-08/msg00168.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2007-04/msg00055.html

> 
> The suggested alternatives don't work:
> 
>    -i is interactive and I'm creating a non-interactive command
>    -f has the opposite effect: it unconditionally overwrites the
> destination file
>    -u will conditionally overwrite the destination file
> 
> and there is no -k to unconditionally keep the destination file.

What exactly are you trying to do?  rsync may be a better tool for your
task, as it does have options to unconditionally keep destination files.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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