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Re: LYNX-DEV Save to disk glitch followup.
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Klaus Weide |
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Re: LYNX-DEV Save to disk glitch followup. |
Date: |
Wed, 30 Jul 1997 13:12:37 -0500 (CDT) |
On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, T.E.Dickey wrote:
[ Quotes snipped, see rest of thread...]
> > A possible "unusual way of copying files" might be having a script that
> > does the equivalent of "cp -i" (asking for confirmation before overwriting
> > a file) - in that case your point would apply.
> unless, of course, you are copying to a file that is readonly. then you're
> likely to get a prompt, even if you don't specify the -i option.
Nope, you don't - at least not with the solaris and GNU cp's I tried.
That's the behavior of mv, not cp. You learn something new every day...
Klaus
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