On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 20:20:49 +0200 alex <radsky@ncia.net> wrote: > I've been trying to copy the contents of a partition (source) to > another partition (destination) that has a large number > of files that need to be overwritten. The command I've tried is: > > # cp -apRv source/* /destination/ > > The command works but it requires that I manually respond 'yes' for > each overwrite. I thought that the r or R option > would do an automatic overwrite but apparently it doesn't. > > What should the option be to do automatic overwrites with the ' cp ' > command? man cp /-f -- -johann koenig Now Playing: Goldie - Dragonfly : Saturnz Return (Disc 2 - Saturn) Today is Boomtime, the 18th day of Bureaucracy in the YOLD 3169 My public pgp key: http://mental-graffiti.com/pgp/johannkoenig.pgp
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