Here's my updated patch. I think this attempt is better than the first, if you still find something annoying i will fix/change it. This patch add some command line options to cp: -b make backup if file exists -n no clobber -v be verbose -u overwrite if source is newer than destintation file I also tried to add "-i" (interactive), but i still need to figure out how to ask for just one keypress (y/n) without pressing return... Everything for that is prepared, in usage-text -i is commented out. Hope you like this, Nils