cp --reply

2007-06-16 Thread Takahiro Masuda
what happened to cp --reply i don't have that option anymore and i don't see any alternatives typing cp --help. are there anyways to copy files without prompting so many times i tried --force and it still asks me Thanks ___ Bug-coreutils mailing list

Re: chown/chgrp: inconsistent error message

2007-06-16 Thread Jim Meyering
Egmont Koblinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > $ chown asdf x; chgrp asdf x > chown: `asdf': invalid user > chgrp: invalid group `asdf' > > These two very similar utilities use different wording for the same kind of > error message (nonexistent user or group). Thanks for pointing that out. I've adj

Re: cp --reply

2007-06-16 Thread Paul Eggert
Takahiro Masuda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > what happened to cp --reply i don't have that option anymore and i > don't see any alternatives typing cp --help. > are there anyways to copy files without prompting so many times > i tried --force and it still asks me Can you give a brief example of