From a345498d97c9cfff36dca47aa8860444eb8eb23c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 08:02:36 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (usage): Clarify how --reply=no works. --- src/mv.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/mv.c b/src/mv.c index 490e57c06d..a56aa4fd5c 100644 --- a/src/mv.c +++ b/src/mv.c @@ -317,7 +317,12 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ --reply={yes,no,query} specify how to handle the prompt about an\n\ - existing destination file\n\ + existing destination file. Note that\n\ + --reply=no has an effect only when mv\n\ + would prompt without -i or equivalent, i.e.,\n\ + when a destination file exists and is not\n\ + writable, standard input is a terminal, and\n\ + no -f (or equivalent) option is specified\n\ --strip-trailing-slashes remove any trailing slashes from each SOURCE\n\ argument\n\ -S, --suffix=SUFFIX override the usual backup suffix\n\ -- 2.47.3