Hi Pádraig, Thank you for your answer, I agree that --backup=numbered does something similar but there is a few issues with this functionality in my opinion. The first is that it doesn't preserve file extension so you end up with a bunch of file.tar.bz2~1~ file where file~1~.tar.bz2 would make much more sense in my opinion. The second is just that ~ is a special character for most shells so an underscore would make a safer file name. I imagine you know the `detox` program to avoid issues with complex file names, the simpler, the better.
I hope this clarifies what I'm trying to do. What do you think? Mary Christmas! Stéphane Archer On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 4:15 PM Pádraig Brady <p...@draigbrady.com> wrote: > On 22/12/2022 15:59, Stéphane Archer wrote: > > Dear Gnu Coreutils community, > > > > I would like to contribute to the project a feature I miss a lot in the > > `mv` command. > > I currently have a working patch but it's clearly not perfect. I would > like > > to have feedback on it and would like to know if you are willing to > accept > > this change. > > Do you think it's possible? > > > > I usually use GitHub for code review so I'm not sure how things are > working > > here. > > I tried to generate a patch I can send by email to you, I hope this will > > help you understand what I'm trying to do. > > > > Thanks for the patch, > however this overlaps too much with existing --backup=numbered > functionality. > Can you explain why that doesn't suffice. > Perhaps we might add another --backup=numbered-always mode for example, > but there would need to be good justification for it. > > thanks, > Pádraig > -- Best Regards, Stephane Archer
