On Monday 29 May 2006 17:20, John Myers wrote: > perhaps > cp -a > would be simpler?
I can't understand the manual entry for cp -a. It says
-a, --archive
Preserve as much as possible of the structure and attributes
of the original files in the copy (but do not preserve directory
structure).
Where does it put the files if it doesn't preserve the directory structure?
What happens to the directory structure?
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Peter.
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