On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 04:23:57PM +0100, Realos wrote: > I like to copy all contents of a directory "testdir",i.e. all its > files and subdirectories, into another directory called "temp". > > The problem is that the directory "testdir" itself is also being created > inside the "temp" directory. How can I copy _only_ contents of "testdir" > without that parent directory, namely "testdir" being recreated inside "temp"? > > Following is how it all looks like in my case: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ll > drwxr-xr-x 3 user user 1024 2005-11-18 16:05 temp > drwxr-xr-x 3 user user 1024 2005-11-18 16:04 testdir > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ll testdir/ > drwxr-xr-x 2 user user 1024 2005-11-18 16:05 testdir_1 > -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 0 2005-11-18 16:04 testfile_a > -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 0 2005-11-18 16:04 testfile_b > -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 0 2005-11-18 16:04 testfile_c > -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 0 2005-11-18 16:04 testfile_d > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cp -drp testdir/ temp/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ll temp/ > drwxr-xr-x 3 user user 1024 2005-11-18 16:04 testdir > > I know I could copy all files with "cp * temp" and then all subdirectories > one by one butI would prefer a single command to do that. Any chance? > Hi,
cp -r testdir/* temp might do the trick Pete > Regards, > > -- > Realos > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
