Re: cp command

[wallace_fu]

Yes, it must be an alias. When I use `\cp -f " and it did not warn for
overwrite. I am using Fedora 7. Thanks for your help, I thought it is a
bug.

Regards,

Wallace Fu




                                                                           
             Eric Blake                                                    
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According to address@hidden on 10/24/2007 6:55 PM:
> cp (GNU coreutils) 6.9
>
> When use with -f  option, it warns of overwriting existing file.  The
same
> option in version (cp (coreutils) 4.5.3) overwrite exist file with no
> warning. There is no option (I can find) to overwrite existing file
without
> warning.

Are you sure you aren't using an alias for cp which also enabled the -i
option?  POSIX does not allow plain 'cp -f' to prompt [1], but requires
'cp -i -f' to do so.  If it is the case of an alias, you could always use
'\cp -f'.  Personally, I hate systems where cp is prealiased to 'cp -i',
because it encourages laziness on that system, then accidents on other
systems where the non-standard alias is no longer present.

[1] http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/cp.html

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