[2010-10-28 17:36] markus schnalke <[email protected]> > > packf(1) asks the user for confirmation if the > output file is to be created but appends non-interactively if it > already exists. > > Why is the behavior such? > > What are the reasons behind the confirmation question on creation? I'd > rather have the question for appending to an existent file. But best > would be to be completely non-interactive, which is the Unix way to do > things, or am I wrong?
I saw just now that the question is only issued if the program runs interactively (checked by isatty()). But this makes the case only worse. meillo _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
