On 26/01/14 14:26, Lisi Reisz wrote:
I am wanting to use the CLI to copy some files from dirA to dirB. I
want to exclude all hidden files. Will this command achieve it? :--
cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B
Thanks,
Lisi
If you don't put a / after B it will copy all files to a file called B
So your above
cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B
Should be
cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B/
Also when using rsync, i use the following
rsync -vrthiP --progress --stats source/ destination/
This also checks for and only updates changed files on any subsequent
rsync from A to B
Don't forget the / at the end, even rsync will copy everything to a file
rather than the wanted directory if you miss of the /
If you want to copy the folder A to the second source folder and keep
the A name
rsync -vrthiP --progress --stats /path/to/source/A /path/to/source/
No / after A and no B after the last source/
If you only want to rsync the contents of folder A to folder B then put
a / after A
:)
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