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From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
To: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] rename: continue despite something failed
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 14:11:53 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140625121153.GC30418@x2.net.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1403433117-32652-6-git-send-email-kerolasa@iki.fi>

On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 11:31:56AM +0100, Sami Kerola wrote:
> Try to do all file operations even when one or some of them fail.

 It would be nice to have a special return code for situation when
 something failed. See for example "mount -a" of kill(1) where we have 

    #define KILL_EXIT_SOMEOK      64

 and add to man page:

       0      success
       1      failure
       64     partial success

    Karel

-- 
 Karel Zak  <kzak@redhat.com>
 http://karelzak.blogspot.com

  reply	other threads:[~2014-06-25 12:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-06-22 10:31 [PATCH 0/6] pull: rename fixes Sami Kerola
2014-06-22 10:31 ` [PATCH 1/6] rename: allow renaming in subdirectories Sami Kerola
2014-06-22 10:31 ` [PATCH 2/6] tests: add function to change directory reliable way Sami Kerola
2014-06-22 10:31 ` [PATCH 3/6] tests: use ts_cd everywhere to change direcrory Sami Kerola
2014-06-22 10:31 ` [PATCH 4/6] tests: add rename(1) checks Sami Kerola
2014-06-22 10:31 ` [PATCH 5/6] rename: continue despite something failed Sami Kerola
2014-06-25 12:11   ` Karel Zak [this message]
2014-06-28 18:29     ` Sami Kerola
2014-06-22 10:31 ` [PATCH 6/6] rename: use function pointer to select file or symlink operation Sami Kerola
2014-06-25 12:05 ` [PATCH 0/6] pull: rename fixes Karel Zak
2014-07-22 10:13 ` Karel Zak

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