Folks,
I noticed that the --reply option is being deprecated in mv.
Perhaps I am overlooking something, but it appears as if key
functionality is being removed from the command.
I regularly write scripts with --reply=no with the intent that if the
target file exists, the mv command fails. Neither of the recommended
replacements, -i, nor -f offer this functionality. Because these scripts
may be run from a cron job, I don't want to ask for user input.
The only option left, if --reply=no is removed, is to use
mv -i x y < /dev/null 2> /dev/null
You tell me, is this clearer than
mv --reply=no x y
I don't think so.
If you insist on removing my beloved --reply=no, please replace it with
a new option that provides the same functionality, and please provide
several years, 3-4 at least, to allow the new command to propagate
through all the various Linux distributions that are out there.
Thanks,
Yours,
Dana
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