Hi, > Am 18.05.2017 um 16:41 schrieb Paul Eggert <[email protected]>: > > On 05/17/2017 06:11 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote: >> created directory './mv-test' >> copied '/tmp/mv-test/file' -> './mv-test/file' >> removed '/tmp/mv-test/file' >> removed directory '/tmp/mv-test' >> >> $ src/mv -v mv-test mv-test-2 >> renamed 'mv-test' -> 'mv-test-2' > > If we're changing the format, I suggest having the output be useful as input > to the shell, like this: > > $ src/mv -v /tmp/mv-test . > mkdir './mv-test' > cp '/tmp/mv-test/file' './mv-test/file' > rm '/tmp/mv-test/file' > rmdir '/tmp/mv-test' > > $ src/mv -v mv-test mv-test-2 > mv 'mv-test' 'mv-test-2' > > This would be more useful. It would also be less confusing, since people who > use 'mv' already know the syntax of 'mv' etc., whereas with the draft version > they would need to deduce another syntax.
This could be interpreted as steps someone has to issue now to complete the command. Like the output of `ssh-agent`. - Leave the output like it was initially. - Introduce -vv to increase verbosity and output the above sequence. -- Reuti
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