Michael Me� <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would like to copy files with cp and never overwrite existing files.
>
> I can use cp -i, but I don't want to say 'n' 1000 times (because there
> is no "No for all" option) or I just want to do that in a batch file,
> where I cannot give any answers to questions.
In recent test releases of the fileutils there is an option
to do just what you want:
--reply={yes,no,query} specify how to handle the prompt about an
existing destination file
The latest is here:
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/fetish/fileutils-4.1.8.tar.gz
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