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List:       freebsd-standards
Subject:    Re: adding -n flag to cp(1)/mv(1)
From:       Mike Barcroft <mike () FreeBSD ! ORG>
Date:       2002-07-08 22:20:59
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Johan Karlsson <johan@freebsd.org> writes:
> I'm thinking about adding a flag to cp(1)/mv(1)
> to make it never overwrite an existing file.
> (see PR 7828 for the original suggestion)
> 
> I guess a natural flag to use is -n as in the PR
> but I want to know if this violates any of the
> standards that we are trying to conform to.
> 
> Or is this a realy stupid idea for some
> other (standards) reason?

I don't see a problem with this from a standards perspective.

Best regards,
Mike Barcroft

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