From unknown Tue Jun 17 22:29:04 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#20094: cp --dry-run Resent-From: =?UTF-8?Q?=E7=A9=8D=E4=B8=B9=E5=B0=BC?= Dan Jacobson Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 03:32:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 20094 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 20094@debbugs.gnu.org X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.142613107926107 (code B ref -1); Thu, 12 Mar 2015 03:32:01 +0000 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Mar 2015 03:31:19 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43317 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YVtqB-0006n0-41 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 11 Mar 2015 23:31:19 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45576) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YVtq9-0006mn-DR for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 11 Mar 2015 23:31:17 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YVtq3-0004Dz-68 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 11 Mar 2015 23:31:11 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:60085) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YVtq3-0004Dt-3i for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 11 Mar 2015 23:31:11 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47286) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YVtq2-00022L-36 for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Mar 2015 23:31:10 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YVtpy-0004DH-3J for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Mar 2015 23:31:10 -0400 Received: from homie.mail.dreamhost.com ([208.97.132.208]:33681 helo=homiemail-a99.g.dreamhost.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YVtpx-0004D5-UD for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Mar 2015 23:31:06 -0400 Received: from homiemail-a99.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a99.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37685FB006F for ; Wed, 11 Mar 2015 20:31:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jidanni.org (122-118-146-184.dynamic.hinet.net [122.118.146.184]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jidanni@jidanni.org) by homiemail-a99.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DC202FB006D for ; Wed, 11 Mar 2015 20:31:02 -0700 (PDT) From: =?UTF-8?Q?=E7=A9=8D=E4=B8=B9=E5=B0=BC?= Dan Jacobson Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 10:27:11 +0800 Message-ID: <8761a7q7b4.fsf@jidanni.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x (no timestamps) [generic] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) Proposal: add a new "cp --dry-run" Reason: we want to know what the verbose output of e.g., $ cp -i -av /mnt/usb/thumb/ tmp/androidBackup/SDCard will be without actually running the command first. We are about to commit to a megabyte copy and we want to be sure where all those files are exactly going even after understanding all the documentation, and without needing to do partial "wet" runs etc. etc. etc. etc. Also add a "mv --dry-run". Please also document both would normally be used with -v. In fact cpio (mainly -p) needs a --dry-run too. Sorry if I have proposed this before, but it's an idea you just can't beat! From unknown Tue Jun 17 22:29:04 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#20094: cp --dry-run Resent-From: =?UTF-8?Q?P=C3=A1draig?= Brady Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 09:19:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 20094 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: =?UTF-8?Q?=E7=A9=8D=E4=B8=B9=E5=B0=BC?= Dan Jacobson , 20094@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 20094-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B20094.142615188727001 (code B ref 20094); Thu, 12 Mar 2015 09:19:01 +0000 Received: (at 20094) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Mar 2015 09:18:07 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43444 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YVzFm-00071R-Us for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 05:18:07 -0400 Received: from mail2.vodafone.ie ([213.233.128.44]:14865) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YVzFl-00070w-A3 for 20094@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 05:18:05 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AjkFAHRZAVVtTRmu/2dsb2JhbABbgwaCVoETTsNbglECgTNMAQEBAQEBfYQQAQUjDwFWCQINCwICBRYLAgIJAwIBAgFFBgEMCAEBiC8BkmicboVplR0BCwEfgSGJdoR4gmiBRQEEmx+DKIJJiS2DRSODbj6CdAEBAQ Received: from unknown (HELO localhost.localdomain) ([109.77.25.174]) by mail2.vodafone.ie with ESMTP; 12 Mar 2015 09:17:55 +0000 Message-ID: <550159C2.2080504@draigBrady.com> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 09:17:54 +0000 From: =?UTF-8?Q?P=C3=A1draig?= Brady User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <8761a7q7b4.fsf@jidanni.org> In-Reply-To: <8761a7q7b4.fsf@jidanni.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) On 12/03/15 02:27, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: > Proposal: > add a new "cp --dry-run" > Reason: we want to know what the verbose output of e.g., > $ cp -i -av /mnt/usb/thumb/ tmp/androidBackup/SDCard > will be without actually running the command first. > We are about to commit to a megabyte copy and we want to be sure where > all those files are exactly going even after understanding all the > documentation, and without needing to do partial "wet" runs etc. etc. etc. etc. > > Also add a "mv --dry-run". > > Please also document both would normally be used with -v. > > In fact cpio (mainly -p) needs a --dry-run too. > > Sorry if I have proposed this before, but it's an idea you just can't beat! I never needed such an option myself. It couldn't check the space or permissions of the dest, so wouldn't be that useful. Perhaps cp --attributes-only would help for your use case? thanks, Pádraig From unknown Tue Jun 17 22:29:04 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#20094: cp --dry-run Resent-From: Bob Proulx Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:56:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 20094 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: =?UTF-8?Q?=E7=A9=8D=E4=B8=B9=E5=B0=BC?= Dan Jacobson , 20094@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 20094-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B20094.142618290529707 (code B ref 20094); Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:56:02 +0000 Received: (at 20094) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Mar 2015 17:55:05 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44209 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YW7K4-0007j4-Qn for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 13:55:05 -0400 Received: from joseki.proulx.com ([216.17.153.58]:58848) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YW7K2-0007ih-6a for 20094@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 13:55:02 -0400 Received: from hysteria.proulx.com (hysteria.proulx.com [192.168.230.119]) by joseki.proulx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 002A62182B; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 11:55:00 -0600 (MDT) Received: by hysteria.proulx.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C97892DC41; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 11:55:00 -0600 (MDT) Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 11:55:00 -0600 From: Bob Proulx Message-ID: <20150312114716721586033@bob.proulx.com> References: <8761a7q7b4.fsf@jidanni.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <8761a7q7b4.fsf@jidanni.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: > Proposal: > add a new "cp --dry-run" > Reason: we want to know what the verbose output of e.g., > $ cp -i -av /mnt/usb/thumb/ tmp/androidBackup/SDCard > will be without actually running the command first. > We are about to commit to a megabyte copy and we want to be sure where > all those files are exactly going even after understanding all the > documentation, and without needing to do partial "wet" runs > etc. etc. etc. etc. For this functionality I suggest using rsync which already implements this capability. rsync -n -av /mnt/usb/thumb/ tmp/androidBackup/SDCard/thumb/ I see you using cp -i but if you are going to be copying megabytes and many files I assert that cp -i isn't a good practical way to ensure a good result. But rsync --ignore-existing and --update options are available for data merging. Bob From unknown Tue Jun 17 22:29:04 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#20094: cp --dry-run In-Reply-To: <8761a7q7b4.fsf@jidanni.org> Resent-From: =?UTF-8?Q?=E7=A9=8D=E4=B8=B9=E5=B0=BC?= Dan Jacobson Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 16:59:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 20094 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: Bob Proulx Cc: P@draigBrady.com, 20094@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 20094-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B20094.142626588919641 (code B ref 20094); Fri, 13 Mar 2015 16:59:01 +0000 Received: (at 20094) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Mar 2015 16:58:09 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45321 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YWSuX-00056j-HB for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2015 12:58:09 -0400 Received: from homie.mail.dreamhost.com ([208.97.132.208]:44600 helo=homiemail-a8.g.dreamhost.com) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YWSuV-00056a-Te for 20094@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2015 12:58:08 -0400 Received: from homiemail-a8.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a8.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D57CD22114; Fri, 13 Mar 2015 09:58:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jidanni.org (114-41-2-96.dynamic.hinet.net [114.41.2.96]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jidanni@jidanni.org) by homiemail-a8.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E6FEAD220D4; Fri, 13 Mar 2015 09:58:05 -0700 (PDT) From: =?UTF-8?Q?=E7=A9=8D=E4=B8=B9=E5=B0=BC?= Dan Jacobson References: <8761a7q7b4.fsf@jidanni.org> Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2015 00:58:02 +0800 Message-ID: <871tksn8bp.fsf@jidanni.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) I am mainly talking about "Where will it copy/move these things anyway? I'd like to be sure before I commit. From reading the man page I have a good idea, but I'd like to see what the path names will look like first without actually doing anything." And as a bonus: "I'm pretty much sure I can successfully cp/mv entire complicated tree A onto entire complicated tree B, but it would be great to know before I get started if deep inside B there is something that will cause some tiny part of the whole operation to fail." So no, cp --attributes-only can't help. And yes, indeed I see I am hoping that these rsync features will get added to cp and mv, and cpio too. (Or maybe just on the man pages mention: for "--dry-run" capabilities try rsync -n !. From unknown Tue Jun 17 22:29:04 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#20094: cp --dry-run Resent-From: Bernhard Voelker Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 22:37:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 20094 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: =?UTF-8?Q?=E7=A9=8D=E4=B8=B9=E5=B0=BC?= Dan Jacobson , Bob Proulx Cc: P@draigBrady.com, 20094@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 20094-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B20094.142645900519076 (code B ref 20094); Sun, 15 Mar 2015 22:37:01 +0000 Received: (at 20094) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Mar 2015 22:36:45 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47450 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YXH9J-0004xb-1z for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 15 Mar 2015 18:36:45 -0400 Received: from mout.kundenserver.de ([212.227.17.24]:61126) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YXH9G-0004xR-TW for 20094@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 15 Mar 2015 18:36:43 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.10] ([217.86.68.70]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue103) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0LjLuJ-1Z7Quj2w2x-00dWJn; Sun, 15 Mar 2015 23:36:34 +0100 Message-ID: <55060971.8050600@bernhard-voelker.de> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 23:36:33 +0100 From: Bernhard Voelker User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <8761a7q7b4.fsf@jidanni.org> <871tksn8bp.fsf@jidanni.org> In-Reply-To: <871tksn8bp.fsf@jidanni.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:eXvRGLUQdUnSuhM1P+iDL3dEdUVWobS2LcyIV/V4x/XXsaXEurw 1/vPLUth0PviI9F9r/wtK5Hb/awRGndmSTvS3DuKRnyPlJoCsP0Fx4uL9uIAgw0shC8vOaU jvSdlQVKX1dQAySi9K8xk94BaMhiVHbFumzaop6h3IMrzmg9wsADqS/PwFiz+7Qn+FCIQ9v rtSlFc0WLiZLAgHIYWlUg== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1; X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) On 03/13/2015 05:58 PM, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: > I'm pretty much sure I can successfully cp/mv entire > complicated tree A onto entire complicated tree B, but it would be great > to know before I get started if deep inside B there is something that > will cause some tiny part of the whole operation to fail. I don't think a dry-run could ever predict a failure in a reliable way. As an abstract example let's assume that such a clever copy program would calculate the needed space in the destination upfront, and would be able to issue an error like "the command would fail because of low disk space". But in the case the space is sufficient (at the time of calculation), it could never predict external influences, e.g. another program filling the disk at the same time. The same applies to permission issues, etc.: even if the determination of an issue is accurate, it would still be racy in every case. 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[184.68.105.38]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id 194-v6sm19160ity.25.2018.10.22.18.57.06 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 22 Oct 2018 18:57:06 -0700 (PDT) References: <8761a7q7b4.fsf@jidanni.org> <871tksn8bp.fsf@jidanni.org> <55060971.8050600@bernhard-voelker.de> From: Assaf Gordon Message-ID: <2eb4eb7e-db9c-2fe6-41e5-3be9f17847a1@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 19:57:05 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.9.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <55060971.8050600@bernhard-voelker.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) tags 20094 wontfix severity 20094 wishlist retitle 20094 cp: add --dry-run option close 20094 stop (triaging old bugs) On 15/03/15 04:36 PM, Bernhard Voelker wrote: > I don't think a dry-run could ever predict a failure in a reliable way. [...] Given the above (and mention of "rsync --dry-run" previously in the same thread), I'm closing this as "wontfix". Discussion can continue by replying to this thread. -assaf