GNU bug report logs - #6023
cp: Make --backup the default

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Salvador <salvador.mazza33 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 10:32:05 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: moreinfo

Merged with 6022

Done: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>

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From: Salvador <salvador.mazza33 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: An enhancement request for the Cp command.
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 05:55:05 -0300

On 04/24/2010 05:51 AM, Salvador wrote:
> Hello.
> I want to request a feature for the Cp command that consist in 
> renaming a file from the source when a file in the destination 
> directory with the same name already exists. I am thought It could be 
> something like: from file.jpg to file-1.jpg.
> This behavior already exists in Web browsers and file managers.
> Thanks.
Also, I know about the backup argument but it makes the file not being 
possible to use by some programs without being renamed.
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