On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Kelsey Hartigan Go wrote:

> cp -f  < x > < y >

it won't work if you have an active alias "cp -i" since "-i"
will prompt before overwritting files (based on man cp).
it works if you use the full path of the cp command

/bin/cp -f < x > <y > or
/bin/cp < x > < y >


glynn




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> On  6 Jan 03 at 20:57, digest_ wrote:
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> > hello!
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> > how can i copy files from one directory to another
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