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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 11 |
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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index a53ae6bed..1c20468cb 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -5583,6 +5583,17 @@ Use the @option{--recursive} (@option{-R}) option instead if you want to copy special files, preserving their special nature rather than reading from them to copy their contents. +@itemx @w{@kbd{--reply}[=@var{how}]} +@opindex --reply +@cindex interactivity +Using @option{--reply=yes} makes @code{cp} act as if @samp{yes} were +given as a response to every prompt about a destination file. That effectively +cancels any preceding @option{--interactive} or @option{-i} option. +Specify @option{--reply=no} to make @code{cp} act as if @samp{no} were +given as a response to every prompt about a destination file. +Specify @option{--reply=query} to make @code{cp} prompt the user +about each existing destination file. + @item -R @itemx --recursive @opindex -R |