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Re: install
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Alfred M. Szmidt |
Subject: |
Re: install |
Date: |
Sun, 26 Sep 2004 06:45:28 +0200 |
> Would it be possible to add some kind of a --ignore=TYPE (with
> short option -i), where TYPE is either `group', `mode', `owner'
> option that would ignore EPERM or such and just continue if it
> was specifed?
I think it would be better that if one is not root that the EPERM
error be ignored. This would then be the same as is done now for
the 'cp -a' operation or 'tar xf' or any of a number of other
operations that are silent about not being able to change the
owner.
That would work. Easy to implement too...
A nice feature would be to be able to set a enviromental variable that
would say if cp/mv/whatever should exit or just warn. Then one could
pick between the behaviours without having to modify a script etc.
- install, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2004/09/25
- Re: install, Bob Proulx, 2004/09/25
- Re: install,
Alfred M. Szmidt <=