In the last episode (Dec 24), Uwe Doering said: > Seamus Abshere wrote: > >But this happens when I am logged in as sabshere: > > > >>$echo "whatev" > index.html > >>-bash: index.html: cannot overwrite existing file > > I think this has nothing to do with file permissions. Instead, the > 'noclobber' option is probably enabled in your bash settings, so the > shell refuses to overwrite existing files. Find the directive 'set -o > noclobber' in your shell's startup files and comment it out, or if this > behaviour is the default, try to override it with 'set +o noclobber'.
Or use >! , which overrides noclobber for just that one time. -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"