Re: minor `cp -R` question

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

Re: minor `cp -R` question

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