On 09/05/2016 05:21 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > "archive" had brought up mental image of dusty back rooms where things > were being preserved for posterity. Not making a copy to actually be used. > > Someone had suggested rsync but that has too many options for me to > bungle. "cp" may be slower but appears more comfortable. > > Thanks to all.
For rsync, the only options that you need to worry about are -a and -v. Even then the -v is optional. rsync -av /media/richard/myrepo/ /media/richard/test/ Just remember the trailing slash on the directories and it will go fine. Regards, Lars