Re: automatic overwrite with cp
On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 20:20:49 +0200 alex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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? man cp /-f -- -johann koenig Now Playing: Goldie - Dragonfly : Saturnz Return (Disc 2 - Saturn) Today is Boomtime, the 18th day of Bureaucracy in the YOLD 3169 My public pgp key: http://mental-graffiti.com/pgp/johannkoenig.pgp pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: automatic overwrite with cp
--- 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]
Re: automatic overwrite with cp
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]
Re: automatic overwrite with cp
On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 20:20:49 +0200 alex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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? If you anticipate the need to do this more than once, I suggest looking into rsync. Kevin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: automatic overwrite with cp
On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 08:20:49PM +0200, alex wrote: 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. Use the -f option. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: automatic overwrite with cp
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 Beautiful! It works very nicely.I used cp -apfv --reply=y source/* destination. I wasn't aware that there was such a command in man. The story is I installed a new hard drive for a friend and installed Windows 98 and used the old hard drive Win98 as a source and copied the entire old Win98 partition to the new Win98 partition. I installed KNOPPIX in the new drive and used it to do the copy. My friend now is now becoming a Debian fan.. Thank you Roberto has KNOPPIX in his new hard drive -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: automatic overwrite with cp
Thanks for the other suggestions. I had already started the copy so I didn't receive the last few messages until the copy was completed but will note them in my handydandy notebook . alex wrote: 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? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
