Or, alternatively: yes | cp -apRv source/* /destination/
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, [iso-8859-1] Roberto Sanchez wrote: > --- alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > I've been trying to copy the contents of a partition (source) to > > another partition (destination) that has a large number > > of files that need to be overwritten. The command I've tried is: > > > > # cp -apRv source/* /destination/ > > > > The command works but it requires that I manually respond 'yes' for each > > overwrite. I thought that the r or R option > > would do an automatic overwrite but apparently it doesn't. > > > > What should the option be to do automatic overwrites with the ' cp ' > > command? > > > > add --reply=yes (it's in the man page). > > -Roberto > > ___________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger - Nueva versión GRATIS > Super Webcam, voz, caritas animadas, y más... > http://messenger.yahoo.es > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]