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[PATCH] Remove documentation for deprecated --reply options of mv and cp


From: James Youngman
Subject: [PATCH] Remove documentation for deprecated --reply options of mv and cp.
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 00:57:50 +0100

* doc/coreutils.texi (mv invocation): remove documentation for mv --reply.
(cp invocation): Likewise.
---
 NEWS               |    2 ++
 doc/coreutils.texi |   24 ++++--------------------
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dfe893c..ac4e82c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- 
outline -*-
 
   ls now colorizes files with capabilities if libcap is available
 
+  cp and mv: the deprecated --reply=X option is now also undocumented.
+
 ** Bug fixes
 
   chcon --verbose now prints a newline after each message
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index f60f9c7..d0bed0e 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -7320,18 +7320,12 @@ cp --parents a/b/c existing_dir
 copies the file @file{a/b/c} to @file{existing_dir/a/b/c}, creating
 any missing intermediate directories.
 
address@hidden The --reply option was deprecated in 2005, and is scheduled to
address@hidden be removed in 2008.  It is already missing from the --help 
output.
 @itemx @address@hidden@var{how}}
 @opindex --reply
 @cindex interactivity
address@hidden FIXME: remove in 2008
address@hidden: to be removed in address@hidden
-Using @option{--reply=yes} makes @command{cp} act as if @samp{yes} were
-given as a response to every prompt about a destination file.  That effectively
-cancels any preceding @option{--interactive} or @option{-i} option.
-Specify @option{--reply=no} to make @command{cp} act as if @samp{no} were
-given as a response to every prompt about a destination file.
-Specify @option{--reply=query} to make @command{cp} prompt the user
-about each existing destination file.
+This option is deprecated.
 
 @item -R
 @itemx -r
@@ -8015,17 +8009,7 @@ If the response is not affirmative, the file is skipped.
 @itemx @address@hidden@var{how}}
 @opindex --reply
 @cindex interactivity
address@hidden FIXME: remove in 2008
address@hidden: to be removed in address@hidden
-Specifying @option{--reply=yes} is equivalent to using @option{--force}.
-Specify @option{--reply=no} to make @command{mv} act as if @samp{no} were
-given as a response to every prompt about a destination file.
-Specify @option{--reply=query} to make @command{mv} prompt the user
-about each existing destination file.
-Note that @option{--reply=no} has an effect only when @command{mv} would prompt
-without @option{-i} or equivalent, i.e., when a destination file exists and is
-not writable, standard input is a terminal, and no @option{-f} (or equivalent)
-option is specified.
+This option is deprecated.
 
 @item -u
 @itemx --update
-- 
1.5.6.3





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