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authorRob Landley <rob@landley.net>2014-09-01 12:47:32 -0500
committerRob Landley <rob@landley.net>2014-09-01 12:47:32 -0500
commitc164960f468ffae19b080b264f6e9960e0eb1027 (patch)
tree6b95206cea0ac581862feeaddf0346accf1524e2 /toys
parent658887a48c11b0933c74dd399b8fe5feaf0aa018 (diff)
downloadtoybox-c164960f468ffae19b080b264f6e9960e0eb1027.tar.gz
Add cp -F to force delete of existing destination files, and make install command use that.
-F is equivalent to the gnu/dammit flag --we-think-long-options-without-short-options-are-a-good-idea
Diffstat (limited to 'toys')
-rw-r--r--toys/posix/cp.c12
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/toys/posix/cp.c b/toys/posix/cp.c
index c61190e5..d79819b2 100644
--- a/toys/posix/cp.c
+++ b/toys/posix/cp.c
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
// This is subtle: MV options must be in same order (right to left) as CP
// for FLAG_X macros to work out right.
-USE_CP(NEWTOY(cp, "<2RHLPp"USE_CP_MORE("rdaslvn")"fi[-HLPd]"USE_CP_MORE("[-ni]"), TOYFLAG_BIN))
-USE_CP_MV(OLDTOY(mv, cp, "<2"USE_CP_MORE("vn")"fi"USE_CP_MORE("[-ni]"), TOYFLAG_BIN))
+USE_CP(NEWTOY(cp, "<2RHLPp"USE_CP_MORE("rdaslvnF")"fi[-HLPd]"USE_CP_MORE("[-ni]"), TOYFLAG_BIN))
+USE_CP_MV(OLDTOY(mv, cp, "<2"USE_CP_MORE("vnF")"fi"USE_CP_MORE("[-ni]"), TOYFLAG_BIN))
USE_INSTALL(NEWTOY(install, "<1cdDpsvm:o:g:", TOYFLAG_USR|TOYFLAG_BIN))
*
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ config CP
Copy files from SOURCE to DEST. If more than one SOURCE, DEST must
be a directory.
- -f force copy by deleting destination file
+ -f delete destination files we can't write to
+ -F delete any existing destination file first (breaks hardlinks)
-i interactive, prompt before overwriting existing DEST
-p preserve timestamps, ownership, and permissions
-R recurse into subdirectories (DEST must be a directory)
@@ -142,6 +143,9 @@ int cp_node(struct dirtree *try)
error_msg("dir at '%s'", s = dirtree_path(try, 0));
free(s);
return 0;
+ } else if ((flags & FLAG_F) && unlinkat(cfd, catch, 0)) {
+ error_msg("unlink '%s'", catch);
+ return 0;
} else if (flags & FLAG_n) return 0;
else if (flags & FLAG_i) {
fprintf(stderr, "cp: overwrite '%s'", s = dirtree_path(try, 0));
@@ -365,7 +369,7 @@ void install_main(void)
if (toys.optc < 2) error_exit("needs 2 args");
// Translate flags from install to cp
- toys.optflags = 4; // Force cp's FLAG_n
+ toys.optflags = 4; // Force cp's FLAG_F
if (flags & FLAG_v) toys.optflags |= 8; // cp's FLAG_v
if (flags & (FLAG_p|FLAG_o|FLAG_g)) toys.optflags |= 512; // cp's FLAG_p