<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Aaron Konstam wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:1213190106.4139.15.camel@cyrus" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Tue, 2008-06-10 at 16:36 -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 16:24:52 +0200, Luc MAIGNAN <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:luc.maignan@winxpert.com"><luc.maignan@winxpert.com></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">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 ? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">cp is probably aliased to 'cp -i'. Try using: 'cp' -rf src/file1 ./ </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">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: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:akonstam@sbcglobal.net">akonstam@sbcglobal.net</a> </pre> </blockquote> 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. Kevin </body> </html>