On Thursday 09 February 2006 21:26, V P wrote: > On 2/10/06, Anne Wilson <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > cp /mnt/hde7/anne/Gnucash/ /mnt/sde gets > > cp: omitting directory /mnt/hde7/anne/Gnucash/ > > It should be > # cp -r <source directory> <destination> > > r for recursively copy directories.. > Thanks for the reply. After I discovered that I could copy once I had created the directory I did wonder if it needed -r or -R, Anne
