OT (ish): How to copy hidden files/directories
Angela Kahealani
angela at kahealani.com
Sat Oct 9 08:23:58 UTC 2004
On Friday 2004-10-08 21:47, CB wrote:
> I can't figure out how to do this: copy (or move) all the hidden
> files and directories contained in one directory to another
> directory.
>
> Is it as embarrasingly simple as I imagine it must be?
rsync -auvH source-dir/{*,.[^.]*} destination-dir
unlesss, one dir contains the other.
For cloning rather than updating destination-dir
rsync -auvH --delete source-dir/{*,.[^.]*} destination-dir
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