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J icomment I\sthink\swhat\sis\sreally\sneeded\sis\sanother\sswitch\s(when\sall\selse\sfails,\sadd\sanother\sswitch!).\sFundamentally,\sonly\sthe\sapplication\scan\sdecide\swhether\serrors\ssuch\sas\saccess\sdenied\sshould\sbe\scatastrophic\sor\snot.\sBased\son\sthe\sbehaviour\sof\smy\sWindows\sbackup\sprograms,\sI\swould\simagine\sbackup\sprograms\sfor\sexample\sto\sskip\sinaccessible\sfiles\sas\sopposed\sto\saborting.\sAn\sinstaller\scopying\sfiles\smight\streat\serrors\sreading\ssource\sdirectories\sas\scatastrophic.\sSince\sglob\scan't\stell\sthe\sdifference,\sit\sneeds\sa\sswitch,\s`-skiponerror`\sor\ssimilar.\sWhich\swould\sof\scourse\srequire\sa\sTIP.
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