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@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
'cp --reflink=always A B' no longer leaves behind a newly created
empty file B merely because copy-on-write clones are not supported.
+ 'cp -n' and 'mv -n' now exit with nonzero status if they skip their
+ action because the destination exists, and likewise for 'cp -i',
+ 'ln -i', and 'mv -i' when the user declines. (POSIX specifies this
+ for 'cp -i' and 'mv -i'.)
+
cp, mv, and install again read in multiples of the reported block size,
to support unusual devices that may have this constraint.
[behavior inadvertently changed in coreutils-7.2]