Re: minor `cp -R` question

2003-12-26 Thread Tom McLaughlin
On Wed, 2003-12-24 at 21:05, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Tom McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, I have a quick question about the cp command and recursively copying a directory. If I type: $ cp -R /foo/file/ ~/ I get in my home directory a file called file. If I type: $ cp

Re: minor `cp -R` question

2003-12-24 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Tom McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, I have a quick question about the cp command and recursively copying a directory. If I type: $ cp -R /foo/file/ ~/ I get in my home directory a file called file. If I type: $ cp -R /foo/file ~/ I get in my home directory a directory

minor `cp -R` question

2003-12-23 Thread Tom McLaughlin
Hi, I have a quick question about the cp command and recursively copying a directory. If I type: $ cp -R /foo/file/ ~/ I get in my home directory a file called file. If I type: $ cp -R /foo/file ~/ I get in my home directory a directory called foo and a file called file. Can someone explain