On Dec 28, 2009, at 3:37 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: >> I always just say 'cp -a .* <destination dir>' in addition to what you >> already did to copy (recursively) everything beginning with a period. > > Why would '.*' be better than a simple '*'?
Because '*' doesn't get the invisible files, and Merciadri'd already done the visibles. As someone else suggested, 'cp -a * .* <dest>' would do it all in one step. -- Glenn English g...@slsware.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
