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Re: [Nmh-workers] mhstore overwriting files
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norm |
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Re: [Nmh-workers] mhstore overwriting files |
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Tue, 11 Sep 2012 04:35:08 -0700 |
David Levine <address@hidden> writes:
>Norm wrote:
>
>> I wonder if mhstore could have an option to not overwrite any files?
>> If the option were given, then trying to do so would be an error.
>
>Ralph submitted a enhancement request for this almost
>8 years ago:
>
>http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?11160
>
>We haven't gotten to it yet :-)
>
>And he suggesting adding a suffix, like wget(1), instead of
>failing. wget disables that with --no-clobber. Maybe the
>mhstore option should allow selection of the desired
>behavior.
Assuming that the simpler it is the more likely it is got done before I die, (I
was born in 1932 :-)), I vote against the suffix, but just not overwriting.
Also, I would not require surveying before writing any files. That is, files
which would not be overwritten would be written, with a "continuing" error
message for files which were not written. Yes, surveying first would be better,
bet getting it done, is more important than perfection.
Norman Shapiro
- [Nmh-workers] mhstore overwriting files, norm, 2012/09/10
- Re: [Nmh-workers] mhstore overwriting files, David Levine, 2012/09/10
- Re: [Nmh-workers] mhstore overwriting files,
norm <=
- Re: [Nmh-workers] mhstore overwriting files, David Levine, 2012/09/11
- Re: [Nmh-workers] mhstore overwriting files, Michael Richardson, 2012/09/11
- Re: [Nmh-workers] mhstore overwriting files, Lyndon Nerenberg, 2012/09/11
- Re: [Nmh-workers] mhstore overwriting files, rader, 2012/09/11
Re: [Nmh-workers] mhstore overwriting files, Paul Fox, 2012/09/11