* Mr Smiley wrote on 2014-01-26 at 20:56 (+0000): > > cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B > > If you don't put a / after B it will copy all files to a file > called B
No, obviously not. $ mkdir src $ echo foo > src/file1 $ echo bar > src/file2 $ echo baz > src/.hidden1 $ [ -e ./target ] || echo "./target not found!" ./target not found! $ cp -Rp ./src/* ./target cp: target `./target' is not a directory $ cp -Rp ./src/* ./target/ cp: target `./target/' is not a directory $ [ -e ./target ] || echo "./target not found!" ./target not found! > So your above > cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B > Should be > cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B/ If the target directory *exists* the trailing slash will *not* be necessary: $ mkdir target1 target2 $ cp -Rp ./src/* ./target1 $ cp -Rp ./src/* ./target2/ Both directories are identical. There will be no *file* B! > Also when using rsync, i use the following > > rsync -vrthiP --progress --stats source/ destination/ > > This also checks for and only updates changed files on any > subsequent rsync from A to B > > Don't forget the / at the end, even rsync will copy everything to a > file rather than the wanted directory if you miss of the / That's not correct. In contrast to the slash trailing the *source*, the final slash trailing the *target* is completely irrelevant. See my other mail. Regards, Mathias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140126222437.ga8...@gmx.org