<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.0.9"> </HEAD> <BODY> Or, you can keep the cp -i and, when you want to skip the prompt by typing a backslash ("\") before the command. Just like this: \cp <filename> <destiny> This works with mv and rm, too. On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 14:21, Christophe Le Guern wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE>On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 11:05:47 -0500 "Genti A. Hila" <genti_tek4@hotmail.com> 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. Look at ~/.bashrc, there is some alias like cp='cp -i', just comment it out. Christophe -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: <A HREF="http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list">http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</A></PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <PRE><TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> <HR NOSHADE SIZE="1"> Marco Aurélio Torino Ribeiro <A HREF="mailto:marco.torino@ig.com.br">marco.torino@ig.com.br</A> <A HREF="mailto:marco.torino@directnet.com.br">marco.torino@directnet.com.br</A> "The price of freedom is responsibility, but it's a bargain, because freedom is priceless." Hugh Downs <HR NOSHADE SIZE="1"> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </PRE> </BODY> </HTML>