> What's wrong with "cp -a" or "cp -r"? It only copied files that were directly under the source directory. It didn't traverse the directories inside source recursively. I did some searching and, I came up with a similar thread. Finally the tar method was recommended in it too. Please refer : http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/1999-December/016328.html and it's follow-ups.
Thanks and Regards Shane > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 21:04:27 -0400 > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: Checking XCOPY Exit Value in Cygwin Bash > > On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 06:52:40AM +0900, Shane wrote: > >Christopher Faylor wrote: > >>Is there some reason why you are not using "cp" to accomplish your > >>task? "cp --help" should provide you with all sorts of options for > >>copying files. You should be able to press "cp" into service for this. >>> > >>Using DOS utilities and DOS paths for this type of thing is putting you > >>on the fringes of support for Cygwin. I really wouldn't recommend it. > >>Clearly this is not such a Windows-specific problem that it outside of > >>the capabilities of a UNIX solution. >> > >My initial attempt was with cp. But I didn't see a way of preserving > >the original directory structure of the source dir, > > What's wrong with "cp -a" or "cp -r"? > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/