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Date:      Fri, 22 Sep 2000 18:44:08 +0200
From:      martian@t-online.de (Martin Moeller)
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: how to copy directory and contents?
Message-ID:  <20000922184408.A251@theol.phicom.net>
In-Reply-To: <20000921151820.D9141@fw.wintelcom.net>; from bright@wintelcom.net on Thu, Sep 21, 2000 at 03:18:20PM -0700
References:  <20000921155948.A43806@converging.net> <20000921151820.D9141@fw.wintelcom.net>

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On Thu, Sep 21, 2000 at 03:18:20PM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote:

> * Murray <mgd@brutus.converging.net> [000921 15:01] wrote:
> > How do you copy a directory? I have used cp to copy files, but I am
> > not sure about copying a directory and all the files within. 
> 
> please read the manual page for cp.
> 
> "man cp"
> 
> -- 
> -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
> "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."

or try

cp -r sourcedir targetdir

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