Overwrite?

[WilliamS]

Truly newby question:

A fix for mdk 9.1 says do # cp /etc/pam.d/xscreensaver /etc/pam.d/kscreensaver3

as root. So I did that, but then konsole asks something like: Do you really want to overwrite? and I don't know what to type in.

What is the secret answer? (Not in my linux books)

 

WilliamS :?:

[mtweidmann]

yes

[WilliamS]

"yes" was the first thing I tried, however ls /etc/pam.d/ showed that the xscreensaver was not overwritten, is still there.

 

IAs this the way it is supposed to work?

I'd have thought that overwritten meant overwritten.

:roll:

[Michel]

y will also work:)

 

if you don't want the question you can add the option -f (of force)..the question won't be asked then. If you want to delete directories you can add -R (of recursive)...everything in teh directorie and in teh subdirectories of the directory will be deleted.

 

so..

 

rm -f <files>

 

(recursive)

 

rm -R <dir>

 

you can also use the flags together(certaiunlt handy fro complete directories:))

[Michel]

"yes" was the first thing I tried, however ls /etc/pam.d/ showed that the xscreensaver was not overwritten, is still there.

 

IAs this the way it is supposed to work?

I'd have thought that overwritten meant overwritten.

:roll:

 

cp is copy..so teh original file will be there after the copy....

the desitnation file probably existed already and that is the one that is oevrwritten...but also that name still exists ofcourse.

[mtweidmann]

cp /random/path1/file1.txt /random/path2/file2.txt

 

This command will copy file1.txt to file2.txt. This means that afterwards there will still be a file1.txt and a file2.txt, BUT they will both have the same contents. The command will not delete any files just over write file2 with the CONTENTS of file1.

[WilliamS]

Thanks all. I get it now.

HOWEVER it seems that there was an error somewhere, even though IIRC I copied and pasted from mdk website. See my help request at http://www.mandrakeusers.org/viewtopic.php?p=39545

[Cannonfodder]

"yes" was the first thing I tried, however ls /etc/pam.d/ showed that the xscreensaver was not overwritten, is still there.

 

IAs this the way it is supposed to work?

I'd have thought that overwritten meant overwritten.

:roll:

 

Your command

 

cp /etc/pam.d/xscreensaver /etc/pam.d/kscreensaver3

 

means, copy xscreensaver to overwrite kscreensaver3. xscreensaver is the source and kscreensaver3 is the destination. Therefore, xscreensaver is not going to be altered. kscreensaver will be replaced.