On 23/01/07, Todd Zullinger <tmz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dave Stevens wrote: > I've tried to copy files from my home folder to do a disk upgrade. I > foolishly only copied the visible (non-dot) files. Now I'd like to > copy only the . files (recursively) but don't see what the syntax > is. Anyone?
Or you could try cp -u ~/* /destination/ This will only copy when the SOURCE file is newer than the destination file or when the destination file is missing. -- Mark Knoop