Subject: Re: bug#20094: cp --dry-run

From: Assaf Gordon <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 19:57:05 -0600

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