FreeBSD Copy Recursive, Update, Verbose

Hi all,
Im running on FreeBSD, and Im trying to basically run a:
cp -ruv
however, the -u argument does not work, but --update does.
However this:
cp --update -rv
does NOT work.

Im a bit of a *nix newb, so any help you guys can give will be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

man cp

--update does not work, cp is just ignoring it. For proof, type

And note that it won't fail either (except for because you didn't specify a source and destination).

Also, the correct option for -r is actually -R.

cp -r ..... a newbe is on work
other use tar, cpio, fsdump, dd ....
btw: cp -r DOES NOT RUN on sys prevoious SVR4
so what are you trying to do
cp -ruv is r recursive and u unconditionally and v verbose ?
cd to the data dir
mkdir -p recipient (where you want copy the data), than
tar cfb - 126k . | (cd recipient; tar xfvp -)
NOTA if u is not unconditionally but update, why are you spending time
for that, JUST COPY IT

Hi,
I am trying to do a recursive update of only newer files.
-r -> recursive
-u -> update (only available on different flavors of *nix)
-v -> verbose