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Rsync silently overwrite just-created file if copy multiple files with same name into same directory #625

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user202729 opened this issue Jul 17, 2024 · 0 comments

user202729 commented Jul 17, 2024 •

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[a]$ mkdir b c
[a]$ touch b/file c/file
[a]$ tree .
.
├── b
│   └── file
└── c
    └── file

2 directories, 2 files
[a]$ cp b/file c/file ./
cp: will not overwrite just-created './file' with 'c/file'
[a]$ rsync b/file c/file ./  # no warning printed!
[a]$

I think it would be a good idea if rsync gives an error, or at least a warning.

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