[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: RFC: cp -if a b: should it prompt? POSIX says `yes', most don't
|
From: |
Tim Waugh |
|
Subject: |
Re: RFC: cp -if a b: should it prompt? POSIX says `yes', most don't |
|
Date: |
Wed, 18 Feb 2004 15:36:36 +0000 |
|
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.4.1i |
On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 01:23:12PM +0200, address@hidden wrote:
> Maybe this could be done with the wc -l behavior for when the last
> line doesn't have a newline? Maybe I'm weird but I think the POSIX
> behavior is clearly counterintuitive.
Unless there are wc programs out there that behave differently (are
there?), I don't think this is really the same sort of situation.
Tim.
*/
pgp2psfz9ANUf.pgp
Description: PGP signature
- RFC: cp -if a b: should it prompt? POSIX says `yes', most don't, Jim Meyering, 2004/02/17
- Re: RFC: cp -if a b: should it prompt? POSIX says `yes', most don't, Paul Jarc, 2004/02/17
- Re: RFC: cp -if a b: should it prompt? POSIX says `yes', most don't, Jim Meyering, 2004/02/17
- Re: RFC: cp -if a b: should it prompt? POSIX says `yes', most don't, era+gmane, 2004/02/18
- Re: RFC: cp -if a b: should it prompt? POSIX says `yes', most don't, Paul Jarc, 2004/02/18
- Re: RFC: cp -if a b: should it prompt? POSIX says `yes', most don't,
Tim Waugh <=
- Re: RFC: cp -if a b: should it prompt? POSIX says `yes', most don't, Paul Eggert, 2004/02/19
- Re: RFC: cp -if a b: should it prompt? POSIX says `yes', most don't, Jim Meyering, 2004/02/19