New entry added in the FAQ for the 'cp --reply=no' issue. Bob
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#cp-and-mv-the-reply-option-is-deprecated In coreutils release 5.90 (2005-09-29) the cp and move --reply=X option was deprecated. There was a discussion of the problems and issues on the bug-coreutils mailing list. As a result of the discussion it was then offically deprecated. The discussion may be found here in the mailing list archives: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2005-06/msg00160.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2005-07/msg00009.html The '--reply' options only controlled the action when prompts would have been asked. It did not have any affect for when the program would not have prompted at all. This was so confusing to people that the '--reply' option has been deprecated in the current stable release and the option is scheduled for removal in the future. It did not do what you want it to do anyway. The best recommended alternative is to use 'rsync' command using the '--ignore-existing' option. $ rsync -a --ignore-existing file1 file2 _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
