On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 06:18:38AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > $ mv /etc/motd /etc/lilo.conf > mv: overwrite `/etc/lilo.conf', overriding mode 0644? y > mv: cannot move `/etc/motd' to `/etc/lilo.conf': Permission denied > > I would skip the first message, as isn't there no point in asking, as > it is bound to fail. No? Yes, one could use mv -f. > > cp doesn't have the message. Ah ha! See? > > mv (GNU coreutils) 5.97
Seems you've brought this up before: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2007-03/msg00130.html _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
