Author: Richard Brown Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] cp error
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 12:15, Lisi <hantslug@???> wrote: > 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?
I think I'd personally either remove the alias whever the distro is
setting it, or add unalias cp in my bashrc, depending on how the
distro handles changes to config files.
