[Docutils-develop] [docutils:feature-requests] #36 option for disallowing file overwrites

[Günter M. <mi...@us...>]

The original problem (accidential overwriting because of shell expansion,  http://bugs.debian.org/654690) would also be solved by a different syntax for the output file:
instead of `rst2html infile outfile` we could use the signature

    rst2html infile [infile2 [infile3 [...]]] --output=outfile
 which would:
 
 - prevent interpretation of an "accidential" second argument as outfile (and hence overwriting),
 - be in line with [usability recommendations](https://clig.dev/#arguments-and-flags),
 - allow chaining of rST source files, e.g. prepending a file that defines roles or substitutions or combining  chapters/parts without requiring a master document. 



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** [feature-requests:#36] option for disallowing file overwrites**

**Status:** pending
**Group:** 
**Created:** Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:43 PM UTC by Jakub Wilk
**Last Updated:** Thu Jul 07, 2022 08:21 PM UTC
**Owner:** nobody


A Debian user complained that if you use a wildcard as input file name, and the wildcard unexpectedly expands to two names, then rst2html will overwrite your files:
http://bugs.debian.org/654690

Would if be possible to add an option for not overwriting output files, that you could add to your configuration file, and later override from command line if needed?



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