On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 16:46, Tony Nelson wrote:
> >
> >Tim's recommendation is (I believe) actually a better command.
> ># cd /home
> ># cp -a . <dest/directory>
> >This form of the command will handle even the .xxx files in the current
> >directory properly.
>
> While we're beating this to death, doesn't:
>
> # cp -ar /home /mnt/mynewhome
>
> do the job, copying everything, even stuff that "*" wouldn't match, without
> having to try to force it?
That will create /mnt/mynewhome/home which isn't what you
want.
cp -a /home/ /mnt/mynewhome
would get it right. Cd'ing and copying '.' gets it right without
remembering that detail and you need to know what '.' means
anyway.
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Les Mikesell
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