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Date:      Mon, 8 Jul 2002 18:20:59 -0400
From:      Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Johan Karlsson <johan@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-standards@freebsd.org, sheldonh@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: adding -n flag to cp(1)/mv(1)
Message-ID:  <20020708182059.A51389@espresso.q9media.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020708191912.C56044@numeri.campus.luth.se>; from johan@freebsd.org on Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 07:19:12PM %2B0200
References:  <20020708191912.C56044@numeri.campus.luth.se>

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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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