bug#11859: Reporting Bug (Enhancement) : Interactive Command for Copying (original) (raw)

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From: Sitam Jana
Subject: bug#11859: Reporting Bug (Enhancement) : Interactive Command for Copying Files (cp -i)
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 13:46:04 +0530

Hi GNU-Team,

While going through the command for “Copying File” in Unix and executing the same, I found one good enhancement for the command : $ cp -i .

Bug Report :- Type : Enhancement Description : Final status needs to be displayed for the specified command. Precondition : File with the same name is already present in the target folder or target path. Steps to reproduce :

  1. Open the terminal and type the command - $ cp -i . file-name – Name of the file to be copied. target-folder – Name of the target folder for copying the file. target-path – Name of the target path for copying the file.
  2. Type “y” for the warning message : “cp: overwrite ... ?”.

Actual result : Final status for the copy not displayed.
Expected result : As the command is an interactive command, it should display a final status message in the terminal to the user whether the file is actually overwritten or not. Example of the final status message :

  1. If user type “y” for the warning message, final status message can be : “File is successfully overwritten”.
  2. If user type “other than y” for the warning message, final status message can be : “File is not overwritten”.

Thanks and regards Sitam Jana QA Engineer Mindfire Solutions Bhubaneswar, India