On Mon, Jan 28, 2008, Jerry Geis wrote:
>When I issue the command cp -af --reply=yes * ../other
>it tells me --reply is deprecated and use -i or -f.
>
>when I remove the --reply=yes I have to indicate 'y' to every
>file being copied.
>
>I just want to copy every file in my current directory to another
>directory and overwrite any file that is there.
>
>What is the correct way to do that?
``unalias cp'' then do your real work.
You will then only be prompted when attempting to remove files
without write permission.
If you feel like a responsible adult, you might want to comment
out the other aliases in your .profile or other startup files
which appear as:
alias rm='rm -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
alias mv='mv -i'
Bill
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