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rm: add --backup option, similar to cp/mv/ln

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From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, francky.leyn <at> telenet.be, 33125 <33125 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Cc: Francky Leyn <Francky <at> Leyn.eu>
Subject: bug#33125: /bin/del
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 22:08:00 -0600

severity 33125 wishlist
retitle 33125 rm: add --backup option, similar to cp/mv/ln
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On 2018-10-28 3:12 p.m., Paul Eggert wrote:
> It'd be nice to add a --backup flag to 'rm', which would behave like 
> --backup does with cp, mv, and ln. This would have the effect of the 
> 'del' command you're suggesting.

The topic of the thread changed, I'm marking this as a "wishlist" item.

-assaf

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