cp interactive by default

[Paul Smith]

On 10/11/05, Tony Nelson <tonynelson at georgeanelson.com> wrote:
> >> I have an entry in ~/.bash_alias
> >>
> >> cp () {
> >>     /bin/cp -i $*
> >> }
> >>
> >> So when I call cp it's a shell function that executes the above command
> >> and I can override it with an absolute call of /bin/cp.
> >
> >Thanks, Brian. I have just created a ~/.bash_alias with the same entry
> >than yours, but no success, i.e., the command cp is still
> >non-interactive (by default).
>
> On my FC3 system, I have ~/.bash_profile, which sources ~/.bashrc and then
> sets up a couple of things; and ~/.bashrc, which sources /etc/bashrc.  I
> don't have a ~/.bash_alias file, and man bash doesn't show such a file.

Brian had forgotten the semicolon after the asterisk. With the
semicolon, it works fine.

Paul