Greetings, I'd like a new, relatively easy to implement feature in cp and mv. Currently, the --interactive option prompts before overwriting an existing file. There is also --update, that will only overwrite if the source file is newer. However, there is not an option to noninteractive _not_ overwrite older existing files.
I have a directory into which new files are continually being saved, and from which files older than a year are being moved. When old files have been moved out, users may save new files with the same name as archived files. Currently, I use find to find the files, then call a shell script to check if the file already exists, and if not, then move the file. This option would also be very handy when merging directory contents without overwriting existing files. This concept is actually currently implemented, with a combination of -i and --reply=no, but the --reply option is slated to be removed soon. Do the developers see --no-overwrite as a valuable addition? Mark _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
