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option --suffix does not function when there exists a numbered backup.
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Sergei Guzenkov |
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option --suffix does not function when there exists a numbered backup. |
Date: |
Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:46:01 +1200 |
Archlinux i386, Coreutils 7.1-1
option --suffix does not function when there exists a numbered backup.
bash-3.2$ cp /etc/vimrc . -b -S my -v
`/etc/vimrc' -> `./vimrc'
bash-3.2$ cp /etc/vimrc . -b -S my -v
`/etc/vimrc' -> `./vimrc' (backup: `./vimrcmy')
bash-3.2$ cp /etc/vimrc . -b -S my -v
`/etc/vimrc' -> `./vimrc' (backup: `./vimrcmy')
bash-3.2$ cp /etc/vimrc . -b -S my -v
`/etc/vimrc' -> `./vimrc' (backup: `./vimrcmy')
bash-3.2$ cp /etc/vimrc . -S my -v --backup=numbered
`/etc/vimrc' -> `./vimrc' (backup: `./vimrc.~1~')
bash-3.2$ cp /etc/vimrc . -S my -v --backup=numbered
`/etc/vimrc' -> `./vimrc' (backup: `./vimrc.~2~')
bash-3.2$ cp /etc/vimrc . -S my -v --backup=numbered
`/etc/vimrc' -> `./vimrc' (backup: `./vimrc.~3~')
bash-3.2$ cp /etc/vimrc . -b -S my -v
`/etc/vimrc' -> `./vimrc' (backup: `./vimrc.~4~')
bash-3.2$ cp /etc/vimrc . -b -S my -v
`/etc/vimrc' -> `./vimrc' (backup: `./vimrc.~5~')
And if there were no bug, is there some option to combine fixed and
numbered suffix? E.g. file.copy1, file.copy2,...
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Best regards,
Sergei Guzenkov
“Hire people who are smarter than you and get out of their way.” Howard Schultz
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