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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2023-01-31 09:24:43 -0800 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2023-01-31 09:25:25 -0800 |
| commit | 01503ce7319b099d9deaeab43628e1b2b07a874a (patch) | |
| tree | bf8849754c05d2e92ed274a688755081a7952c15 /doc | |
| parent | 7a69df88999bedd8e9fccf9f3dfa9ac6907fab66 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-01503ce7319b099d9deaeab43628e1b2b07a874a.tar.gz | |
cp,mv: skipping due to -u is success, not failure
This reverts the previous change, so that when a file
is skipped due to -u, this is not considered a failure.
* doc/coreutils.texi: Document this.
* src/copy.c (copy_internal): If --update says to skip,
treat this as success instead of failure.
* tests/mv/update.sh, tests/cp/slink-2-slink.sh:
Revert previous change, to match reverted behavior.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index da73503ed..143b93de9 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -9191,8 +9191,8 @@ results in an error message on systems that do not support symbolic links. @opindex --update @cindex newer files, copying only Do not copy a non-directory that has an existing destination with the -same or newer modification timestamp; silently fail instead. -If timestamps are being preserved, +same or newer modification timestamp; instead, silently skip the file +without failing. If timestamps are being preserved, the comparison is to the source timestamp truncated to the resolutions of the destination file system and of the system calls used to update timestamps; this avoids duplicate work if several @@ -10124,7 +10124,8 @@ fail with a diagnostic instead of copying and then removing the file. @opindex --update @cindex newer files, moving only Do not move a non-directory that has an existing destination with the -same or newer modification timestamp; silently fail instead. +same or newer modification timestamp; +instead, silently skip the file without failing. If the move is across file system boundaries, the comparison is to the source timestamp truncated to the resolutions of the destination file system and of the system calls used to update timestamps; this avoids |