but apparently rm and mv are also aliased ... and they 'accept' -f ?? L. Sebastian Proost wrote:
Actually it seems cp is indeed aliased (well at least for me), type unalias cp to disable it (should be back when you logout/in)
Seb
[sepro@midas ~]$ alias InterPro /group/biocomp/projects/ost_ANNOTATION/FUNCT/GO_annotation/interpro/iprscan/InterProScan.pl )rtemis (java -Xmx200m -jar /nas/biocomp/users/strom/SOFT/artemis_v5.jar *cp cp -i* )ebug (perl -d:ptkdb )ir (ls -go --color l. ls -d .* --color=tty ll ls -l --color=tty ls ls --color=tty mv mv -i phd /usr/local/phd/phd.pl rm rm -i vi vim
Kenny Billiau wrote:
First I thought cp would be aliased to 'cp -i' (interactive) but I don't find anything of such sort. The active aliasses are:
[kebil@midas ~]$ alias l. ls -d .* --color=tty ll ls -l --color=tty ls ls --color=tty vi vim
So, maybe you're trying to delete files from which you are not the owner (eventhough you own the directory)?
Kenny
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Sofie Van Landeghem wrote:
security reasons?
lieven sterck wrote:
that `cp -f `is not working ???? it's asking me for 'overwrite'
thx, L.
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