(do_copy): When the force and backup options have been

specified and the source and destination are the same name for an
existing, regular file, convert the user's command, e.g.
`cp --force --backup foo foo' to `cp --force foo fooSUFFIX'
where SUFFIX is determined by any version control options used.
At urging of (most recently) Karl Berry.

diff --git a/src/cp.c b/src/cp.c
index a48f4e5..aa8548d 100644 (file)
--- a/src/cp.c
+++ b/src/cp.c
@@ -502,11 +502,28 @@ do_copy (int argc, char **argv)
 
       source = argv[optind];
 
+      /* When the force and backup options have been specified and
+        the source and destination are the same name for an existing
+        regular file, convert the user's command, e.g.
+        `cp --force --backup foo foo' to `cp --force foo fooSUFFIX'
+        where SUFFIX is determined by any version control options used.  */
+
+      if (flag_force
+         && backup_type != none
+         && STREQ (source, dest)
+         && !new_dst && S_ISREG (sb.st_mode))
+        {
+          backup_type = none;
+          new_dest = find_backup_file_name (dest);
+          if (new_dest == NULL)
+            error (1, 0, _("virtual memory exhausted"));
+        }
+
       /* When the destination is specified with a trailing slash and the
         source exists but is not a directory, convert the user's command
         `cp source dest/' to `cp source dest/basename(source)'.  */
 
-      if (dest[strlen (dest) - 1] == '/'
+      else if (dest[strlen (dest) - 1] == '/'
          && lstat (source, &source_stats) == 0
          && !S_ISDIR (source_stats.st_mode))
        {