begin quoting DJA as of Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 05:28:28PM -0700: > Okay, I know this is a stupid newbie question I should know, but... > What's the best way to copy the contents of a directory, including > hidden "." files? > > o "cp -R src_dirname/* dest_dirname/" won't copy "." files. > o "cp -R src_dirname/.* dest_dirname/" also copies ".." and "." (Right?)
It complains, but it doesn't go off into an infinite recursive copying loop. > o "cp src_dirname dest_dirname/ will copy the src_dirname directory > and its contents to dest_dirname/ which is not the desired result. If dest_dirname doesn't exist, it should have the desired result. -- _ |\_ \| -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
