Option --force for cp

wwp subscript at free.fr
Tue Jun 10 14:41:46 UTC 2008


Hello Luc,


On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:24:52 +0200 Luc MAIGNAN <luc.maignan at winxpert.com> wrote:

> 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 ?

Is `cp` an alias? Type `alias` in a terminal to check.


Regards,

-- 
wwp
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