Hello,
by default, coreutils cp will overwrite a file. Hence I put in
alias cp='/bin/cp -i'
into the system-wide profile. However, users wishing to override the
now-system-default of interactivity cannot do so because -f does not
cancel -i, and --reply is deprecated. The "mv" and "rm" programs
however, do The Right Thing, along the lines of
case 'f':
x.interactive = false;
"cp" on the other hand is missing this. The following patch adds it in.
Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
cp.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
Index: coreutils-6.4/src/cp.c
===================================================================
--- coreutils-6.4.orig/src/cp.c
+++ coreutils-6.4/src/cp.c
@@ -893,6 +893,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
break;
case 'f':
+ x.interactive = I_ALWAYS_YES;
x.unlink_dest_after_failed_open = true;
break;
#EOF
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