On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, Andreas Schwab wrote:
-f, --force, --reply=yes do not prompt before overwriting
-i, --interactive, --reply=query
prompt before overwrite
--reply={yes,no,query} specify how to handle the prompt about an
existing destination file
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This part is the problem.
If i understand Jim correct, its all not about an existing destination
file (mv will just overwrite it), but about how to handle the case, if the
destination file is not writable:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ads > rm -rf abc def
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ads > touch abc def
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ads > ls -ld abc def
-rw-r--r-- 1 ads ads 0 Jun 24 16:31 abc
-rw-r--r-- 1 ads ads 0 Jun 24 16:31 def
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ads > /bin/mv --reply=no abc def
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ads > ls -ld abc def
ls: abc: No such file or directory
-rw-r--r-- 1 ads ads 0 Jun 24 16:31 def
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ads > rm -rf abc def
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ads > touch abc def
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ads > chmod a-w def
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ads > ls -ld abc def
-rw-r--r-- 1 ads ads 0 Jun 24 16:32 abc
-r--r--r-- 1 ads ads 0 Jun 24 16:32 def
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ads > /bin/mv --reply=no abc def
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ads > ls -ld abc def
-rw-r--r-- 1 ads ads 0 Jun 24 16:32 abc
-r--r--r-- 1 ads ads 0 Jun 24 16:32 def
This is, what i mentioned before: this parameter does not really what
someone would expect.
Regards
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Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum
Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with your Microsoft product.
(Ferenc Mantfeld)
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