Re: [Hampshire] cp error

On Thursday 19 June 2008 12:06:24 Richard Brown wrote:
> what is the output of
>
> type cp
>
> it may have been aliased to cp -i. If it has you may be able to use -f
> to force it to copy.

Thanks, Richard. You got it in one!! That is indeed the difference between
Lenny and PCLOS.

Would it be better to use -f, or to undo the alias? I.e. is -f "safe" in
other ways?

TIA
Lisi