cp: preserve existing destination file

[HarriKa]

Hello,

thanks for providing the GNU-system coreutils.

Unfortunately, after a new system installation, I just today discovered, that 
the --reply=foo option in cp has been deprecated and is going to be removed.

I often want to do "cp dir1/* dir2", but protect the files already existing in 
dir2 from being overwritten by the older files from dir1.
I could use "-u", but I often deal with files, on whose timestamps I cannot 
safely rely on.
How to do this without "-i --reply=no"? Or is there anything I overlooked? Hope 
not.

Best regards,

Harald Katzer
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