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ReplaceThe replace option specifies whether to overwrite existing files on yourworkstation, or to prompt you for your selection when you restore or retrieve files.SupportedOptionsSyntaxAttention: The replace option does not affect recovery of directory objects.Directory objects are always recovered, even when specifying REPlace=no. Toprevent overwriting existing directories, use the FILESonly option.You can use this option with the following commands:v restorev retrievev restore backupsetv restore groupv restore wasNote: Replace prompting does not occur during a scheduled operation. If you setthe replace option to prompt, Tivoli Storage Manager skips files withoutprompting during a scheduled operation.ClientsThis option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Managerclient API does not support this option.FilePlace this option in the client user options file (dsm.opt). You can set this option onthe Restore category, Action for files that already exist section of the Preferenceseditor.►►REPlacePromptAllYesNo►◄ParametersPromptYou are prompted whether to overwrite a file that already exists on yourworkstation. If the existing file is read-only, you are prompted whether tooverwrite it. This is the default.AllYesAll existing files are overwritten, including read-only files. If access to a file isdenied, you are prompted to skip or overwrite the file. No action is taken onthe file until there is a response to the prompt.Any existing files are overwritten, except read-only files. If a file is read-only,you are prompted to overwrite the file or skip it. No action is taken on the fileuntil there is a response to the prompt. If access to a file is denied, the file isskipped.No Existing files are not overwritten. No prompts will be displayed.Chapter 9. Using processing options 325