Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 18:41:02 -0500 From: Mike Jeays <mj001@rogers.com> To: Jonathan Horne <sharazjek@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: best way to use cp? Message-ID: <1143330062.805.27.camel@chaucer.jeays.ca> In-Reply-To: <b2195ee20603241038w7be2ba47hc18889dd139f2d52@mail.gmail.com> References: <b2195ee20603241038w7be2ba47hc18889dd139f2d52@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 12:38 -0600, Jonathan Horne wrote: > ok, tell them dumb linux user how to properly copy directories recursivly, > so he can stop overwritng directories with source files. > > /humor > > ok seriously, tho, i think im doing it wrong. last night i blasted some > directories, and when i looked at the destination of where i was supposed to > be copying to, it was full of all kinds of junk that was supposed to be in > the top level of the directories i was copying. > > example, i want to copy /mnt/usb1/path/oldfolder (the folded all its > recursive contents) into /home/mydir > > im pretty sure i have the syntax wrong, so could someone enlighten me? > > thanks! > jonathan > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" cp -Rp /mnt/usb1/path/oldfolder/ /home/mydir/ Note the trailing slash on the source directory. For more information, see "man cp". -R says to copy recursively down through directories, and -p says to preserve permissions, dates and times etc. -- Mike Jeays http://ca.geocities.com/mike.jeays@rogers.com
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