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Bug 24457

Summary: cp -f does not work properly
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Need Real Name <gietl>
Component: fileutilsAssignee: Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Aaron Brown <abrown>
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Description Need Real Name 2001-01-20 16:55:50 UTC
If you try to run cp with the -f or --force command you are still asked for confirmation.
Installing the standard fileutils package from gnu.org solved this problem.

Comment 1 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2001-01-20 17:02:37 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 22451 ***