Bug 17814

Summary:	-i flag in cp overrides -f
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Frank Sweetser <fs>
Component:	fileutils	Assignee:	Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero>
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Description Frank Sweetser 2000-09-24 19:13:55 UTC

Previously, -f used to override the -i flag.  In cp, this is no longer the
case, while it appears to be so in rm.

> touch foo
> touch bar
> /bin/cp -i -f foo bar
/bin/cp: overwrite 'bar`? y
>/bin/rm -i -f bar
>

Comment 1 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2000-10-01 22:24:07 UTC

It's not a bug, it's a feature.
I don't like it either, but POSIX demands it.

Comment 2 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2000-12-18 15:52:01 UTC

*** Bug 22451 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***