Witch cp ?

[Wayne Pinette]

Actually, you want cp -a

-a is short for archive, which, if you look at the man page, is short
for -dpR which will not only recursively copy one directory to another,
but more importantly, keep the file permission in tact and not
inadvertently go into an infinite loop.

Wayner


>>> ABliss at preferredcare.org 03/16/06 2:19 pm >>>
I need to copy an entire partition and all it's subdirectories to a
new
partition; do I want cp -rp /srcpartiton/* /destpartiton/ or cp -rp
/srcpartiton/*.* /destpartiton/ ?  Thanks for your help.

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