Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is it about these commands that if they know they are going to > fail, they still ask anyway. Same for emacs' dired-do-copy etc. > $ whoami > jidanni > $ cp file /etc/passwd > cp: overwrite `/etc/passwd', overriding mode 0644? y > cp: cannot create regular file `/etc/passwd': Permission denied > $ mv /etc/motd /etc/passwd > mv: overwrite `/etc/passwd', overriding mode 0644? y > mv: cannot move `/etc/motd' to `/etc/passwd': Permission denied
They're not bound to fail. An "alternate access method" (e.g., an ACL) may allow it to succeed. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
