on 10/11/06 1:12 PM, Jeffrey Ellis at email@hidden wrote:
>
> 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
Hi, Peter--
Sorry, just went through this and it does seem perfectly understandable.
Probably should have tried it before posting. My apologies <g>
Thanks again :)
All My Best,
Jeffrey
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