On 12/03/15 02:27, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
Proposal:
add a new cp --dry-run
Reason: we want to know what the verbose output of e.g.,
$ cp -i -av /mnt/usb/thumb/ tmp/androidBackup/SDCard
will be without actually running the command first.
We are about to commit to a megabyte copy and we want
Pádraig Brady wrote:
Charles Rogers wrote:
Is it ever possible for the mv command ( without using the –u
option ) to leave the file(s) in the source directory, while also
copying to the destination directory?
...
Any comments appreciated!
Your description implies that your destination
積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
Proposal:
add a new cp --dry-run
Reason: we want to know what the verbose output of e.g.,
$ cp -i -av /mnt/usb/thumb/ tmp/androidBackup/SDCard
will be without actually running the command first.
We are about to commit to a megabyte copy and we want to be sure where
Thank you all so much for the explanation. It is as you describe.
1. We had insufficient permissions on the source directory
2. The destination directory was indeed on a different file system
So, our question is answered, and again thanks.
Charles Rogers ( on behalf of
Rogers, Charles (MAN-Corporate-CON) wrote:
Thank you all so much for the explanation. It is as you describe.
1. We had insufficient permissions on the source directory
2. The destination directory was indeed on a different file system
Ah! All is explained.
So, our question is
