On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 12:31:20PM -0700, Kevin Kempter wrote: > You could also try 'rm -f' or 'cp -f' to avoid the prompts... No, the '-f' option to cp(1) is not meant to do that. [tim@cyberelk tim]$ mkdir arena [tim@cyberelk tim]$ cd arena [tim@cyberelk arena]$ touch dest [tim@cyberelk arena]$ chmod 0 dest [tim@cyberelk arena]$ touch src [tim@cyberelk arena]$ cp -i src dest cp: overwrite `dest', overriding mode 0000? y cp: cannot create regular file `dest': Permission denied [tim@cyberelk arena]$ cp -if src dest cp: overwrite `dest', overriding mode 0000? y [tim@cyberelk arena]$ Tim. */
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