Thanks to everyone.
The resolve is to use:
cp -puRvf . /backup
Bernhard Lüder
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Herbert Xu
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 2:00 PM
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Subject: Re: [SLUG] cp command - Argument list too long
Bernhard Lüder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> cp -puRvf ./* /backup
> And I am getting this response:
> bash: /bin/cp: Argument list too long
If you aren't intentionally leaving out hidden files and the permission
of ., then do
cp -puRvf . /backup
Otherwise, (this requires GNU cp) try
find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -name \* -printf %f\\0 |
xargs -0 cp -puRvf --target-directory=/backup
BTW, the limit comes from the kernel, not cp or bash.
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