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 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080128/446d1417/attachment-0005.sig>