On Tuesday 18 July 2006 00:29, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> Hi ALL
>
> if i will run following command
>
> cp /home/deep /home/deepak
>
> if deep folder have same 100 files which is under /home/deepak it
> will ask permission for overwrite
>
> i have to enter y 100 times. how can i forcefully over write the
> files?
>
I gather you're doing this logged in as root? If so, this is due to
an alias for the 'cp' command. If you type:
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#which cp
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you can see that it defaults to using the "-i" parameter as it will
display this:
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alias cp='cp -i'
/bin/cp
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If you don't want that to happen ( the aliasing ) you can specify
the full path to the 'cp' command; i.e.
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#/bin/cp file1 file2
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or use the "--reply" parameter as others have suggested.
Regards, Mike Klinke
