Adjust -i behavior for ln, cp & mv #4630
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Matches the change upstream 7a69df88999bedd8e9fccf9f3dfa9ac6907fab66
Just like mv Note that cp -i -u won't show the overwrite question Matches the change upstream 7a69df88999bedd8e9fccf9f3dfa9ac6907fab66
Just like mv & cp Matches the change upstream 7a69df88999bedd8e9fccf9f3dfa9ac6907fab66
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GNU ln uses "replace" instead of "overwrite"
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Mar 26, 2023
| @@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ fn rename( | |||
| OverwriteMode::NoClobber => return Ok(()), | |||
| OverwriteMode::Interactive => { | |||
| if !prompt_yes!("overwrite {}?", to.quote()) { | |||
| return Ok(()); | |||
| return Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, "")); | |||
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Can we do something else than constructing an io::Error? This is going to give a weird error message isn't it? For a PR like this, I guess it's OK, though.
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well, there isn't any error message :)
$ touch a b && echo "n"|./target/debug/coreutils mv -i a b; echo $?
mv: overwrite 'b'?
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Mentioned in issue #4627
touch a b && echo "n"|./target/debug/coreutils ln -i a b; echo $?
was 0, it is now 1
See:
coreutils/coreutils@7a69df8
(no problem reading the code here as there isn't much)