On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 10:21:18AM -0400, alex wrote: > I'm trying to copy the contents of one partition to another with: > cp -afv (partition a)/* (partition b)/ > > Normally, the command works fine except when (partition b) already > contains a large number of directories and files that are duplicates of > those in (partition a) . > > The command works but each duplicate requires permission to be > overwritten so it's a tedious process, clicking on 'y' for each > duplicate being copied.
What version of cp are you using? I cannot duplicate this behavior here. Are you sure you don't have an "-i" set? Are you using /bin/cp or an alias? cp (coreutils) 5.0.91 [here] you might check out "--reply=yes" option (man cp) -- Chris Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------- GNU/Linux --- The best things in life are free. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
