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cp --no-clobber behavior has changed

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Message #14 received at 62572 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Alberto Salvia Novella <es20490446e <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 62572 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#62572: cp --no-clobber behavior has changed
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 13:01:07 -0700

On 2023-03-31 10:01, Alberto Salvia Novella wrote:
> Is this on purpose?

Yes, part of the idea was to let shell programmers easily test whether 
cp successfully copied the data. Having cp -i conform to POSIX was a 
lesser consideration, though it's a bit nicer if -n and -i are somewhat 
consistent.

For what it's worth, the old behavior wasn't documented and the new 
behavior is.

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