reopen 540510 thanks On Fri, Nov 01, 2013 at 02:54:13PM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > > When you run script -f somefile twice in a row, the file is blithely > > overwritten and the first set of output is lost. This kind of user data loss > > is easily preventable by testing if the file exists already and checking > > with the user to make sure if they really meant to silently overwrite it - > > chances are they didn't. > > This is working as intended.
If you intend for data loss to happen, then I'm afraid you're completely oblivious to the concept of software and its users. Seriously now. % touch foo % touch foo.gz % gzip foo gzip: foo.gz already exists; do you wish to overwrite (y or n)? You never came across this concept? -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org