Public bug reported:
In some environments, cp / mv / rm will be aliased to 'cp -i' 'mv -i'
'rm -i' to reduce the chance of data loss.
mv and rm allow -f to force overwrite (even when -i is used); but cp
does not - which is both inconsistent with the other tools and annoying
in such alias'd environments. Example:
nats@nathan:~$ bash --norc
bash-4.2$ alias cp='cp -i'
bash-4.2$ alias rm='rm -i'
bash-4.2$ alias mv='mv -i'
bash-4.2$ touch file1
bash-4.2$ touch file2
bash-4.2$ cp -f file1 file2
cp: overwrite `file2'? y
bash-4.2$ mv -f file1 file2
bash-4.2$ rm -f file2
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: coreutils 8.5-1ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Feb 3 15:44:01 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: coreutils
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: coreutils (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric
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Title:
"cp -i -f": -f does not override -i like it does in other coreutils
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