[CentOS] question on "cp -f" on centos 5.1

[Garrick Staples]

On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 01:45:15PM -0500, Jerry Geis alleged:
> When I issue the command cp -af --reply=yes * ../other
> it tells me --reply is deprecated and use -i or -f.
> 
> when I remove the --reply=yes I have to indicate 'y' to every
> file being copied.
> 
> I just want to copy every file in my current directory to another
> directory and overwrite any file that is there.
> 
> What is the correct way to do that?

Using csh/tcsh?

You are running into an alias.  Simply escape cp or call with full path:
  \cp -f
  /bin/cp -f

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