GNU bug report logs - #61105
cp/mv: want a fatal --no-clobber

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org>

Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 20:53:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>,
 Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org>
Cc: 61105-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#61105: cp/mv: want a fatal --no-clobber
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 08:55:48 -0800

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
On 2023-01-30 13:35, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> This is a good observation.
> Also the current "skip" functionality of coreutils cp -n
> is already catered for with the --update option.

For consistency, there too the exit status should reflect whether the cp 
action was done.

I installed the attached patch to implement this; comments welcome. In 
the meantime I'm boldly closing the bug report.
[0001-cp-ln-mv-when-skipping-exit-with-nonzero-status.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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