question: copy command

[gerrynix]

--- Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com> wrote:

> Mark Knecht wrote:
> > On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 17:14:17 -0500, GoijI P <goijiud at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> > 
> >>please, what's best and least risky command to copy contents of
> directory
> >>/dir to /Mydir?.
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > I don't know if it's either best or least risky, but
> > 
> > cp -R /dir /Mydir
> 
> or "cp -a /dir /Mydir" (preserves ownership and such)

or Assuming /Mydir exists and has no conflicting data:

cd /dir
find . -print | cpio -pvdm /Mydir


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