Issue 166 - pandoc - Request: Make markdown2pdf _not_ make backups of output file

Issue 166:	Request: Make markdown2pdf _not_ make backups of output file
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Status:	Fixed
Owner:	----
Closed:	Nov 22
Type-Defect
Priority-Medium

Reported by e...@gaute.vetsj.com, Sep 28, 2009

When using markdown2pdf and you already have a output file you get a backup 
file. I think this feature is more annoying than useful, and the user should 
be able to take care of backup himself.

Especially since this is something created from a source file, where the 
source file should be backed up. You could compare it to the behavior of 
compilers were the object files are overwritten, not much use in a backup of 
it.

Best regards, Gaute

Comment 1 by fiddlosopher, Oct 31, 2009

That makes sense.  What about the message "Created so-and-so.pdf".  Would it be
better in your view not to print a message?

Comment 2 by e...@gaute.vetsj.com, Nov 01, 2009

The message is OK, if someone doesn't want it they can redirect output to /dev/null. 
The most important is the message when something goes wrong and returning a error code 
so that when used in scripts, or vim, you have something to work with.

- gaute

Comment 3 by fiddlosopher, Nov 22, 2009

This issue was closed by revision r1624.

Status: Fixed
Mergedinto: -

Comment 4 by fiddlosopher, Nov 22, 2009

Change made in r1624.