keybase fs cp -f [SOURCE] [DEST] — the force flag doesn't work anymore

[taw00]

Note, the kbfs repo is mysteriously archived now, so ... I am filing this here.

It's been broken for a bit now, but if somefile already exists at the destination, it fails to copy even if -f is used:

[myusername@blahblahblah ~]$ keybase fs cp -f ./tmp/somefile /keybase/private/myusername/
▶ ERROR name exists (code 5101)

[kellytrinh]

ditto this is also a problem for me

[taw00]

And looking at the docs ... is keybase fs ... a deprecated thing? I use it out of habit, but I honestly am unsure what it does differently than just performing actions on the FS directly with native command line tools.

[kellytrinh]

@taw00 - where did you see that? It mentions that keybase fs is good for those whose systems do not support FUSE (and hence cannot use the mountpoint and the CLI tools).

The docs specifically mention chromium as an example and so I don't think it is deprecated

[taw00]

I see it as described in the first description. If the file already exists, but I want to overwrite it, I used to be about to do a -f to force the write. Now, that flag is ignored and the error mentioned is displayed.

[taw00]

Two years now ... BUMP.