Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 12:39:39 -0700 From: Martin Alejandro Paredes Sanchez <mapsware@prodigy.net.mx> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: best way to use cp? Message-ID: <200603251239.40069.mapsware@prodigy.net.mx> In-Reply-To: <b2195ee20603241038w7be2ba47hc18889dd139f2d52@mail.gmail.com> References: <b2195ee20603241038w7be2ba47hc18889dd139f2d52@mail.gmail.com>
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El Vie 24 Mar 2006 11:38, Jonathan Horne escribi=F3: > ok, tell them dumb linux user how to properly copy directories recursivly, > so he can stop overwritng directories with source files. >=20 > /humor >=20 > 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. >=20 > example, i want to copy /mnt/usb1/path/oldfolder (the folded all its > recursive contents) into /home/mydir cp -R /mnt/usb1/path/oldfolder/* /home/mydir/ or cp -R /mnt/usb1/path/oldfolder /home/mydir/
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