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May 21st, 2002, 03:01 PM
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Hi!
the unix copy command is: cp -dpR source(s) destination never omit the destination! cp will try to overwrite the last file in your source directory! -R says recursively, -p preserve attributes and i canīt remember -d... try "man cp" and "help cp"
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May 22nd, 2002, 02:04 PM
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One thing to watch for, depending on the Unix system you are using: cp -R directory/ newdirectory and cp -R directory newdirectory can do two different things. On some systems, the / can mean to copy the files in the directory to the new location, or it can mean to copy the entire directory tree.
For instance: Code:
$ ls test/ file1 file2 file3 $ cp -R test newtest $ ls newtest/ test $ ls newtest/test/ file1 file2 file3 Code:
$ ls test/ file1 file2 file3 $ cp -R test/ newtest $ ls newtest/ file1 file2 file3 The least ambiguous way to make sure it always works the ways you want: Code:
$ mkdir newtest $ cp -R test/* newtest/
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