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Re: design question, why not always use 'cp --remove-destination'?
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: design question, why not always use 'cp --remove-destination'? |
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Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:53:43 +0200 |
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Frederik Eaton <address@hidden> writes:
> The question is, is there a reason why users wouldn't always want a
> "copyFile" function to remove the destination first?
It breaks hard links.
Andreas.
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