Re: [SoX-users] Plea: sox overwrite, rid beginners of that default!

[Sergei S. <ser...@ya...>]

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> From: Marano Romian <mar...@ya...>
>To: sox...@li... 
>Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 11:31 PM
>Subject: [SoX-users] Plea: sox overwrite, rid beginners of that default!
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>I looked up...
>http://sox.sourceforge.net/libsox.html
>http://sox.sourceforge.net/sox.html
>and don't even figure out how to do it simply... But I ask for better default to be made for all!
>Again, what I am kindly asking, and not just for my own sake, but because I believe it is simply best for the majority of users, as most are non expert, and you perfect experts shound't lose so much, should you?...
>...to not let too many beginners lose their important files like I did, with sox.
>Pls., developers, just wire it in as deafault.
>No overwrite!
>Prompt the user!
>Just like as clever as sox is, its sister ffmpeg does!
>Please, developers, make this happen!
>Thank you!
>



You are a beginner, but most likely from a wrong place (Windows, GUI, etc).

The point is that SoX is a _console_ application, it is intended to be run _un_attended, from scripts, etc.

I.e. user prompt would be detrimental.

Regards,
  Sergei.