Re: Question about the --backup option;

2009-03-16 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 09:55 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > The --backup option in GNU mv, and GNU cp extend the behavior of the > -b option in a significant way, I believe. "--backup" allows > specification of versioned backups, especially numbered backups, e.g. > The old version of file, foo, becom

Question about the --backup option;

2009-03-16 Thread Paul E Condon
The --backup option in GNU mv, and GNU cp extend the behavior of the -b option in a significant way, I believe. "--backup" allows specification of versioned backups, especially numbered backups, e.g. The old version of file, foo, becomes foo.~N~, where N is a decimal number. There is no mention of