Re: automatic overwrite with cp

2003-08-26 Thread alex
Thanks for the other suggestions. I had already started the copy so I didn't receive the last few messages until the copy was completed but will note them in my handydandy notebook . alex wrote: I've been trying to copy the contents of a partition (source) to another partition (destination

Re: automatic overwrite with cp

2003-08-26 Thread alex
Roberto Sanchez wrote: --- alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: I've been trying to copy the contents of a partition (source) to another partition (destination) that has a large number of files that need to be overwritten. The command I've tried is: # cp -apRv source/* /destination/

Re: automatic overwrite with cp

2003-08-26 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 08:20:49PM +0200, alex wrote: > I've been trying to copy the contents of a partition (source) to > another partition (destination) that has a large number > of files that need to be overwritten. The command I've tried is: > > # cp -apRv source/* /destination/ >

Re: automatic overwrite with cp

2003-08-26 Thread Kevin McKinley
On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 20:20:49 +0200 alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been trying to copy the contents of a partition (source) to > another partition (destination) that has a large number > of files that need to be overwritten. The command I've tried is: > > # cp -apRv source/* /d

Re: automatic overwrite with cp

2003-08-26 Thread Andrew Perrin
Or, alternatively: yes | cp -apRv source/* /destination/ -- Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu On Tu

Re: automatic overwrite with cp

2003-08-26 Thread Roberto Sanchez
--- alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > I've been trying to copy the contents of a partition (source) to > another partition (destination) that has a large number > of files that need to be overwritten. The command I've tried is: > > # cp -apRv source/* /destination/ > > The comman

Re: automatic overwrite with cp

2003-08-26 Thread Johann Koenig
On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 20:20:49 +0200 alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been trying to copy the contents of a partition (source) to > another partition (destination) that has a large number > of files that need to be overwritten. The command I've tried is: > > # cp -apRv source/* /d

automatic overwrite with cp

2003-08-26 Thread alex
I've been trying to copy the contents of a partition (source) to another partition (destination) that has a large number of files that need to be overwritten. The command I've tried is: # cp -apRv source/* /destination/ The command works but it requires that I manually respond 'yes' fo