On Monday 08 December 2003 16:05, Genti A. Hila wrote: > Hi list, > When i copy a file to another location and that file exist there > already there is a promts that asks for overwriting. How can i skip > the prompt > > cp /var/named/named.run /var/named/named.save > > I tried man cp and tried option -f ( cp -f ......) which works > fine when I remove a file but still it asks me when i try to > overwrite. > > How can i force it to be non interactive ? I didn't see any option > that allows me to do so. > > Thanx You probably have an alias defined like: alias cp='cp -i' remove it. (unalias) Regards, Mike Klinke
