[CentOS] Lame question about cp

[Paul Krash]

Mario (?) wrote:

> How can i copy a file to another with the same name without being 
> prompted for a confirmation, and -f doesn't work?

Unalias cp doesn't work....hmmm.

If it is still not working, workaround it by using this:

rm /dir/foobar
touch /dir/foobar
cp  /source/foobar /dir/foobar

Nothing fancy, but it should accomplish the same task.

Best,

Pkrash, dealing with upcoming DST features
In our house. 
Not CentOS related heads up: Juniper firmware updates for multiple
devices
Breaks RSA backend Xauth. (SSG5, SA2000, NetScreen25, etc....)

Centoss Related: RH5 coming soon :-)
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