> On Feb 4, 2025, at 12:26, Christoph Groth <christoph at grothesque.org> wrote: > > ?Morgan, Iain (ARC-TN)[InuTeq, LLC] wrote: > >> -d >> >> Except that -i is already being used by scp to specify the identity. > > I had noticed that, and it?s unfortunate. So it would have to be > a different letter [but probably not -a or -n].Possibilities which try not to overload confusing options from `cp` or `ssh` (and in some cases `rsync`): -B ("bother me") -E ("excuse me, did you meant to overwrite?") -G ("get confirmation") -j ("just ask") -m ("make me think/confirm") -y or -Y ("yes, ask me before overwrite") The only thing that doesn't appear in all 4 commands but seems reasonable is '-j' (lowercase letter J).> Did you write ?-d? as a suggestion?'-d' was Damien's signature at the end of his message, that Iain's response did not quote.
Jim Knoble wrote:> Possibilities which try not to overload confusing options from `cp` or `ssh` > (and in some cases `rsync`): > > -B ("bother me") > -E ("excuse me, did you meant to overwrite?") > -G ("get confirmation") > -j ("just ask") > -m ("make me think/confirm") > -y or -Y ("yes, ask me before overwrite") > > The only thing that doesn't appear in all 4 commands but seems reasonable is > '-j' (lowercase letter J).I do like -j. Its other common meaning, --jobs, does not apply here, and it?s a lower case letter, hence easier to type. I don?t like -y. This is almost like the --yes (do not ask) option many commands have, and naively this could be the opposite of --interactive. I?m neutral on the upper case letters. Now let?s see if someone with time comes along to implement this... -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 869 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.mindrot.org/pipermail/openssh-unix-dev/attachments/20250205/98078802/attachment.asc>