Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 22:23:01 -0500 From: Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Copying a directory hierarchy Message-ID: <1103685781.33623.9.camel@chaucer> In-Reply-To: <16840.55078.815394.941348@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <1103680952.33623.2.camel@chaucer> <16840.55078.815394.941348@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 21:08, Robert Huff wrote: > Mike Jeays writes: > > > How does on copy a complete directory hierarchy, including any hidden > > files? > > > > "cp -rp" leaves them out. > > cp -rp * > cp -rp .* > > > Robert Huff > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" This doesn't copy hidden files in lower-level directories, only in the top level. Thanks for the suggestion - a good idea that doesn't quite do it.
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