copy without overwrite prompt
 

Hi,
I was trying to copy a folder of size morethan 20 GB, but somehow system got stuck and i rebooted the system. now when i'm again trying to copy the same folder, it is giving overwrite prompt, for every file, even when i used '-f' . The command which i'm using is:
cp -fr 2008/AUG/ 2008/
Please help me

cd 2008/AUG; tar -cvf - . | ( cd /path/to/new/2008 ; tar -xvpf - )

Thanks Mr C for ur kind reply.

I used "unalias cp" command whcih i got from previous post. that too worked fine. thank u LQ

If you want to avoid an alias, use backslash for a one shot:

$ \cp src dest

Or just

Most linux are coming with an alias for cp to cp -i

So use absolute path (/bin/cp) for copy without prompt.

syntax: /bin/cp source destination

This will work.

Thanks
Nikesh

Thank nikeshp, It cool!