[BusyBox] cp confirmation

Brian T btuch at usa.net
Sat Dec 11 04:49:48 UTC 2004


Actually, I have an alias cp="cp -i".  What I was referring to is the "next 
line" which is printed after the "overwrite ...?" line, and the user answers 
on the next line.  The mv and rm command don't do this when in interactive 
mode.

-Brian

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jacob Marble" <jacobmarble at gmail.com>
Cc: <busybox at mail.busybox.net>
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: [BusyBox] cp confirmation


>> [root at JBMgateway-v63 root]# touch test
>> [root at JBMgateway-v63 root]# touch test2
>> [root at JBMgateway-v63 root]# cp test test2
>> overwrite `test2'?
>> y
>> [root at JBMgateway-v63 root]#
>
> You probably meant the following:
>
> [root at JBMgateway-v63 root]# cp test test2 -i
>
> Please verify.  Thanks,
>
> Jacob
>
> --
> Families are Forever
>


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