> cp and mv commands don't seem to be able to use -i. The mv or cp > transpires and I'm returned to the command line. Where else would I > check to see if this is turned off? Or is it a bug?
You might look at any aliases that you have in your environment. alias cp alias mv And see if they are mapped to something. You should also check the the target file is actually existing. The mv -i options only prompt if they are overwriting an existing file. If the file does not exist then there is no file to overwrite and there is no prompting. -i, --interactive prompt before overwrite touch foo mv -i foo bar touch foo mv -i foo bar mv: overwrite `bar'? y mv --version mv (fileutils) 4.1 Bob _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils