From 961b094629bebc481b50067b032f10efeb7f8863 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "G.raud Meyer" Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2018 12:20:58 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] rename.1: fix warning section --- misc-utils/rename.1 | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/misc-utils/rename.1 b/misc-utils/rename.1 index 142a17fc5..fb8d4f621 100644 --- a/misc-utils/rename.1 +++ b/misc-utils/rename.1 @@ -73,9 +73,12 @@ rename '_with_long_name' '' file_with_long_name.* .RE will remove the substring in the filenames. .SH WARNING -The renaming has no safeguards except the -.B \-\-no\-act -option. If the user has +The renaming has no safeguards by default or without any one of the options +.B \-\-no-overwrite\fR, +.B \-\-interactive +or +.B \-\-no\-act\fR. +If the user has permission to rewrite file names, the command will perform the action without any questions. For example, the result can be quite drastic when the command is run as root in the /lib directory. Always make a backup before running the