[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Jarc) wrote: > Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Tim Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> $ echo a > a/foo >>> $ echo b > b/foo >>> $ mv -i --reply=no a/foo b/foo >>> $ cat b/foo >>> a >> >> That's because -i is equivalent to --reply=query (as mentioned in --help), >> and since you specify --reply=no after -i, >> the --reply=no takes precedence. > > I think that's what Tim expected. But b/foo was replaced with a/foo, > in spite of --reply=no. The same thing happens for me with 5.2.1.
But --reply=no has an effect only when there *would be* a prompt, and once the -i has been canceled out (and since the destination file is writable), there is no prompt. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
