[PATCHES] smbclient - add support for superseding the destination file on rename

Uri Simchoni uri at samba.org
Fri Apr 7 18:13:21 UTC 2017


On 04/07/2017 06:47 PM, Christian Ambach via samba-technical wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> sorry for coming back on this, but I think the following hunk should have
> been updated with the patches that went in on top of the original patches.
> 
>> -		<replaceable>new filename</replaceable>. </para></listitem>
>> +		<replaceable>new filename</replaceable>. The optional
>> +		-f switch is supported only by SMB2 protocol and beyond,
>> +		and allows for superseding the destination file,
>> +		if it exists.</para></listitem>
>>  		</varlistentry>
> 
> Cheers,
> Christian
> 
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> 
Right. Here's the fixup patch.

Thanks!
Uri.
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From: Uri Simchoni <uri at samba.org>
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 21:10:47 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] docs: fixup smbclient rename -f option

Fixup documentation of new -f option of the smbclient
rename command. This command is supported by SMB1 and
SMB2.

Signed-off-by: Uri Simchoni <uri at samba.org>
---
 docs-xml/manpages/smbclient.1.xml | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages/smbclient.1.xml b/docs-xml/manpages/smbclient.1.xml
index 059e14c..2b712fe 100644
--- a/docs-xml/manpages/smbclient.1.xml
+++ b/docs-xml/manpages/smbclient.1.xml
@@ -1004,9 +1004,9 @@
 		<listitem><para>Rename files in the current working directory on the
 		server from <replaceable>old filename</replaceable> to
 		<replaceable>new filename</replaceable>. The optional
-		-f switch is supported only by SMB2 protocol and beyond,
-		and allows for superseding the destination file,
-		if it exists.</para></listitem>
+		-f switch allows for superseding the destination file,
+		if it exists. This is supported by NT1 protocol dialect
+		and SMB2 protocol family.</para></listitem>
 		</varlistentry>
 
 		<varlistentry>
-- 
2.9.3



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