GNU bug report logs - #14231
mv, rm, cp -i need super clear explanation of -i...

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 03:48:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

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From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: mv, rm, cp -i need super clear explanation of -i...
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:42:18 +0800

$ rm -i *
rm: remove regular file `Ph_D_Thesis'? you had better ask my mother
$ ls
$

I think the info pages should make very clear what is going on in this
case, to avoid legal threats one day.
Added tag(s) notabug. Request was from Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 19 Oct 2018 00:12:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug closed, send any further explanations to 14231 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and jidanni <at> jidanni.org Request was from Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 19 Oct 2018 00:12:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 16 Nov 2018 12:24:05 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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