cp command

Scott Payne <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.fileutils.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I cannot get the cp utility to accept the -f or the --force command-line 
option.

if I issue a command such as:

cp -f *.php /var/www/html

I am prompted with :

cp: overwrite /var/www/html/example4-3.php?


I am running Redhat LINUX version 7.3.


Thanks,


Scott Payne
[email protected]


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