Norm wrote: > Assuming that the simpler it is the more likely it is got done > before I die, (I was born in 1932 :-)), I vote against the suffix, > but just not overwriting.
It's not that much more trouble to support a suffix. I don't have a strong feeling either way. > Also, I would not require surveying before writing any files. That > is, files which would not be overwritten would be written, with a > "continuing" error message for files which were not written. Yes, > surveying first would be better, bet getting it done, is more > important than perfection. I looked quickly at the mhstore code last night and see where to insert the hook for this. That was the hard part. Any suggestions on adding this? -clobber [ask|suffix|never|always] "always" is the current behavior, and might be the most useful in scripts. But I don't think that it should remain the default. "never" might be a bad idea? Or the exit status could be a count of files that were not overwritten. I'd use "ask". David _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
