overwriting a file
Mike Klinke
lsomike at futzin.com
Mon Dec 8 16:29:05 UTC 2003
On Monday 08 December 2003 16:05, Genti A. Hila 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.
>
> Thanx
You probably have an alias defined like:
alias cp='cp -i'
remove it. (unalias)
Regards, Mike Klinke
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