Re: [Nmh-workers] packf: asks user on file creation

[markus schnalke]

[2010-10-28 17:36] markus schnalke <address@hidden>
> 
> packf(1) asks the user for confirmation if the
> output file is to be created but appends non-interactively if it
> already exists.
> 
> Why is the behavior such?
> 
> What are the reasons behind the confirmation question on creation? I'd
> rather have the question for appending to an existent file. But best
> would be to be completely non-interactive, which is the Unix way to do
> things, or am I wrong?

I saw just now that the question is only issued if the program runs
interactively (checked by isatty()). But this makes the case only
worse.


meillo