site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com In message <C15179E2.49BE8%jellis@dhnet.us>, Jeffrey Ellis writes:
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 _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com