Variable: eshell-cp-interactive-query

eshell-cp-interactive-query is a customizable variable defined in em-unix.el.gz.

Value

root

Documentation

When cp should query before overwriting anything.

If t, always query. If nil, never query. If root, query when the user is logged in as root (including when default-directory is remote with a root user).

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/eshell/em-unix.el.gz
(defcustom eshell-cp-interactive-query 'root
  "When `cp' should query before overwriting anything.
If t, always query.  If nil, never query.  If `root', query when
the user is logged in as root (including when `default-directory'
is remote with a root user)."
  :type 'eshell-interactive-query
  :group 'eshell-unix)