[boost] Re: boost.filesystem - rationale for copy_file

From: Lars Gullik Bjønnes (larsbj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-01-28 04:17:54

"Victor A. Wagner Jr." <vawjr_at_[hidden]> writes:

| well, I could comment on the wisdom (or lack thereof) in the way *nix
| chose to handle this (but I won't comment further than to say *nix was
| trying to solve a different problem).
| but I was working on building systems for embedded work and their
| development.
| We made sure you didn't accidently get rid of something.

No you didn't :-)

I am sure you read every pop-up or question asked by programs you use
all the time. But I'll bet that most people just click "Ok" or press
'y'.

Anyway the problem with copy_file is that the requirement on having
target non-existant is not possible to turn off.

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	Lgb