> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mário Gamito > Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 6:17 AM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: Lame question about cp > > Hi, > > > I have seen a lot of sensible advice, but you reported none worked, > > which is odd. > Nothing worked :( > > Only removing the alias, which is a thing i don't want to do. > > Warm Regards, > Mário Gamito > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos if you don't want to remove the alias use: /bin/cp foo foo1 or, if that doesn't work (which it works for me), use: /bin/cp -f foo foo1 Both of these have been recommended already and should work. This does not work? Specifying the /bin path says for this execution only, do not use the aliased version. Michael _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos