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On Thu, 2009-04-09 at 14:43 -0700, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting chris ([email protected]): > > > cp -r $1/* $2 > > > > :) > > Major win for simplicity! But consider "cp -ax [foo] [bar]". > > The "a" accomplishes everything "r" does, while avoiding dereferencing > symlinks, and preserving ownership, permissions, and time stamps. The > "x" avoids accidentally crossing filesystem boundaries, which can be > A Very Bad Thing, if, say, copying the root FS. (Trying to copy > /proc/kcore will ruin your whole day.) _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
