On 3/27/10, John Carmonne <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mar 27, 2010, at 10:44 AM, John Musbach wrote: > >> That's why when doing big transfers like this I tend to use Terminals >> cp because it is significantly more robust then finder and will >> continue despite errors and will display where exactly it ran into >> trouble along the way so once it's finished you can go back and >> investigate the problematic files/folders. > > > > Could you briefly state how to do that? Terminal is kinda over my head.
Sure, it's: cp -R src dest, where src and dest are full directory paths. It should then copy all that it can despite errors and print errors it encounters along the way onto the terminal. -- Best Regards, John Musbach -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
