on 10/11/06 6:32 AM, email@hidden at
email@hidden wrote:
>> Sorry for being dense. Not sure I understand exactly what this does. Can
>> someone explain this...?
>>
>> -f For each existing destination pathname, remove it and create a new
>> file, without prompting for confirmation regardless of its
>> permissions.
>>
>> Doesn't cp do this by default unless you use -i or -n ...which this
>> overrides?
>
> No.
>
> $ cd /tmp
> $ cp /dev/null t
> $ chmod 600 t
> $ cp /dev/null t
> $ chmod 0 t
> $ cp /dev/null t
> cp: t: Permission denied
> $ cp -f /dev/null t
> $
>
> -s
Hi, Peter--
Sorry, but could you please explain this output step by step? I'm not sure I
really get what's happening...
All My Best,
Jeffrey
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