On Sun, 25 Jul 2004, bruce wrote: > a real basic question. how can i copy a file in linux so that i ginore/don't > respond to the prompt??? > > google/help/man pages indicate that cp without the "-i" should work. when i > use: > > cp foo.dat foo1.dat > i still get the prompt if foo1.dat exists. That's because by default, .bashrc will alias 'cp -i' to 'cp' - so you'd have to undo that before it works the way you want it to. Edit your .bashrc file and get rid of the alias. -- L | I haven't lost my mind; it's backed up on tape somewhere. +-------------------------------------------------------------------- Ashley M. Kirchner <mailto:ashley@xxxxxxxxxx> . 303.442.6410 x130 IT Director / SysAdmin / WebSmith . 800.441.3873 x130 Photo Craft Laboratories, Inc. . 3550 Arapahoe Ave. #6 http://www.pcraft.com ..... . . . Boulder, CO 80303, U.S.A. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
