On 10/11/05, Tony Nelson <tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I have an entry in ~/.bash_alias > >> > >> cp () { > >> /bin/cp -i $* > >> } > >> > >> So when I call cp it's a shell function that executes the above command > >> and I can override it with an absolute call of /bin/cp. > > > >Thanks, Brian. I have just created a ~/.bash_alias with the same entry > >than yours, but no success, i.e., the command cp is still > >non-interactive (by default). > > On my FC3 system, I have ~/.bash_profile, which sources ~/.bashrc and then > sets up a couple of things; and ~/.bashrc, which sources /etc/bashrc. I > don't have a ~/.bash_alias file, and man bash doesn't show such a file. Brian had forgotten the semicolon after the asterisk. With the semicolon, it works fine. Paul