Paul Smith wrote:
Dear All, If one executes the following command cp -a * /some/directory and in the middle one uses Control*C to interrupt it, is there danger of getting some incomplete files in the destination directory? Thanks in advance, Paul
Wondering why you would ask instead of trying it yourself, I verified my expectation in 30 seconds. The answer is emphatically, *YES*! It is not a 'danger', it is a probability approaching certainty.
