On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 15:39 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:34:46 -0500, Kevin Martin wrote: > > > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > On Tue, 2008-06-10 at 16:36 -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > > > > > >> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 16:24:52 +0200, > > >> Luc MAIGNAN <luc.maignan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> > > >>> Hi, > > >>> > > >>> I definitively can't force cp to override existing files without asking > > >>> confirmation. > > >>> > > >>> According to documentation , I try : > > >>> > > >>> cp -r --force src/file1 ./ > > >>> > > >>> but always a confirmation is asked... > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> What's wrong ? > > >>> > > >> cp is probably aliased to 'cp -i'. Try using: > > >> 'cp' -rf src/file1 ./ > > >> > > >> > > > Actually executing: > > > /cp -r --force src/file1 ./ > > > > > > will remove the alias from the execution. Notice the leading '\' > > > character. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ======================================================================= > > > It's a recession when your neighbour loses his job; it's a depression > > > when you lose yours. -- Harry S. Truman > > > ======================================================================= > > > Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > > Or just run /bin/cp -r --force src/file1 . thereby forcing the > > use of the executable and not the alias. I don't understand the use of > > the / at the front of the command unless cp lives under the / directory. > > It's a typo. Should have been a backslash. > You are right it was a typo, corrected in the next sentence but still coonfusing. -- ======================================================================= If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads. -- Anatole France ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
