[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) wrote: ... > Summary: As presently implemented in cp the -f does not override the -i. > > I am not sure that is the correct behavior though. Comments from > others? Shouldn't -f override -i regardless of the POSIX > documentation? I think that is the behavior on other systems but > can't check right now.
Hi Bob, Unfortunately, cp's -f has never affected -i (unlike e.g., mv's). There's probably too much history to change it now. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
