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Re: cp doesn't overwrite fifos
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: cp doesn't overwrite fifos |
Date: |
Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:59:03 +0200 |
Mikael Magnusson <address@hidden> wrote:
> I have a file "a" and a fifo "b". Running "cp a b" prompts "cp: overwrite
> b?", but answering yes just writes the contents of "a" into the fifo. If
In this particular case, using the gnu-specific --remove-destination
option will make it do what you want.