Re: [Nmh-workers] mhstore overwriting files

[Paul Fox]

david wrote:
 > Norm wrote:
 > 
 > > 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.
 > 
 > It's not that much more trouble to support a suffix.
 > I don't have a strong feeling either way.
 > 
 > > 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.
 > 
 > I looked quickly at the mhstore code last night and
 > see where to insert the hook for this.  That was the hard
 > part.
 > 
 > Any suggestions on adding this?
 > 
 >   -clobber [ask|suffix|never|always]
 > 
 > "always" is the current behavior, and might be the most
 > useful in scripts.  But I don't think that it should remain
 > the default.
 > 
 > "never" might be a bad idea?  Or the exit status could be
 > a count of files that were not overwritten.

good idea.

"never" might have a place in a non-interactive usage.

"ask" means "ask before overwrite", i presume, not "ask for the new
name"?  oh, i guess giving a new name could be one of the possible
responses to "ask":
    overwrite file "foo.bar"?  [No/yes/other] o
    new filename?

paul

 > 
 > I'd use "ask".
 > 
 > David
 > 
 > _______________________________________________
 > Nmh-workers mailing list
 > address@hidden
 > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers

=---------------------
 paul fox, address@hidden (arlington, ma, where it's 50.7 degrees)