I'm used to be able to do something like this alias cp=cp -i
then when I need to overwrite a file on the destination of a copy, I usually do -bf
This makes a backup but avoids the prompt, perfect for bash scripts and similiar.
Recently I've noticed that I can't cancel -i. There seems to be NO command to reverse the -i.
What's the suggested workaround in these situations. This seems like it would be a pretty common approach, and given the somewhat more esoteric options, it's odd that one can't reverse or cancel the effect of -i.
All the best, - August _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
