From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 04:16:43 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: .
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diff --git a/old/fileutils/ChangeLog b/old/fileutils/ChangeLog
index 644a24849b..f644d381be 100644
--- a/old/fileutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/old/fileutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Fri Nov 22 22:14:10 1996  Jim Meyering  <meyering@na-net.ornl.gov>
+
+	* src/cp.c (copy): With -i and not -f, prompt for any type of
+	(non-directory) source file before overwriting an existing target.
+	Reported by Mark A. Thomas.
+
 Tue Nov 19 23:10:32 1996  Jim Meyering  <meyering@na-net.ornl.gov>
 
 	* configure.in (AM_SANITY_CHECK_CC): Remove it.  Autoconf-2.11
diff --git a/old/fileutils/NEWS b/old/fileutils/NEWS
index 71b07bfceb..600ef448e0 100644
--- a/old/fileutils/NEWS
+++ b/old/fileutils/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Changes in release 3.14:
  [3.13j]
+* cp -i /dev/null existing-file now prompts before overwriting the target
 * ls --color highlights orphaned symlinks text on terminals that support it
  [3.13i]
 * ls -l honors current locale with respect to abbreviated month names (and,