GNU Core Utilities - Bugs: bug #4771, Feature request: --dry-run
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bug #4771: Feature request: --dry-run
Submitter: | Invalid User ID <#17216> | ||
Submitted: | Sat 16 Aug 2003 06:11:58 PM UTC | ||
Category: | None | Severity: | 1 - Wish |
Item Group: | None | Status: | Wont Fix |
Privacy: | Public | Assigned to: | None |
Open/Closed: | Open |
Sun 08 Oct 2006 08:46:20 PM UTC, comment #2: |
Jim Meyering <meyering>![]() |
Sun 08 Oct 2006 08:44:30 PM UTC, comment #1: Changed severity to "wish". But I don't expect this ever to be implemented. Already, there is enough complication just supporting --verbose. |
Jim Meyering <meyering>![]() |
Sat 16 Aug 2003 06:11:58 PM UTC, original submission:
It would be handy if some of the coreutils (particularly cp and mv) had a --dry-run option that tries to do everything short of actually copying or moving the files. The output of --dry-run --verbose would be the same as the output of --verbose, as far as possible.
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Invalid User ID <#17216> |
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This is now officially "won't fix".