On 20091229_011737, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 05:57:00PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Tue,29.Dec.09, 00:25:06, Osamu Aoki wrote: > ... > > > $ cd /path/to/source ; cp -a ./ destination/ > > > > > > This does trick since adding ./ after destination/ is still destination/ > > > :-) > > > > Why is this better than 'cd /path/to/source ; cp -a . destination' ? > > Same... I overlooked that line in your post.
All of this discussion of getting cp to copy both visible and dot-hidden files would be moot if someone could convince OP to use rsync, would it not? -- Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
