Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 18:44:21 -0400 From: "Otter" <otterr@telocity.com> To: "Sriranga Veeraraghavan" <ranga@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: how to copy directory and contents? Message-ID: <HLEDJBJKDDPDJBMGCLPPGELBCDAA.otterr@telocity.com> In-Reply-To: <200009222159.OAA29115@soda.csua.Berkeley.edu>
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}-----Original Message----- }From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Sriranga }Veeraraghavan }Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 6:00 PM }To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }Subject: Re: how to copy directory and contents? } } } }> 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. } }I find that cpio is the prefered way to do this (several others have }mentioned tar): } }$ cd <src> && find . -depth -print | cpio -pvd <dest> } }----ranga } cp -R has always worked for me. -Otter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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