tag 274705 + patch
thanks
So the relevant code seems to be in src/copy.c, where it checks if
"--reply=no" was set _and_ the file isn't overwritable; or if "-i" was
set, or if no option was given and the file isn't overwritable. So
"--reply=no" has an effect when you do:
touch a b
chmod 000 b
mv --reply=no a b # can't overwrite, so do nothing
This seems quite deliberate, but afaics it's a bug. I think the attached
patch fixes the problem.
Cheers,
aj
--- coreutils-5.2.1/src/copy.c.orig 2005-08-20 16:26:04.950327240 +1000
+++ coreutils-5.2.1/src/copy.c 2005-08-20 16:26:18.483269920 +1000
@@ -946,8 +946,7 @@
/* cp and mv treat -i and -f differently. */
if (x->move_mode)
{
- if ((x->interactive == I_ALWAYS_NO
- && UNWRITABLE (dst_path, dst_sb.st_mode))
+ if ((x->interactive == I_ALWAYS_NO)
|| ((x->interactive == I_ASK_USER
|| (x->interactive == I_UNSPECIFIED
&& x->stdin_tty
