Bill Shupp wrote: > Nikki Locke wrote: > > Just a note for Bill... > > > > In my CentOS 4 default configuration, when you attempt to copy or move a > > file over one that already exists, the O/S asks you if it is OK for each > > file. This makes some of the instructions tedious (e.g. "mv ezmlm-idx- > > 0.443/* ezmlm-0.53/"), and means you had better not just use copy and paste > > to the shell with a whole list of instructions! > > > > Would it be a good idea to add -f options to all the mv and cp commands? > > > > Actually the way I addressed this was to put a note in prerequisites: > > http://shupp.org/toaster/#prerequisites > > It recommends you unalias the mv, cp, and rm commands. I think this is > a better option than -f.
Quite right. Being particularly stupid that day, I wasn't aware that they were aliased. Sorry for bothering you. -- Nikki Locke, Trumphurst Ltd. PC & Unix consultancy & programming http://www.trumphurst.com/
