Thanks Collins, Whats the easiest command to cp all the subdirectories and files in those subdirectories in /ect to another directory?
JBanks --- Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 21:15:19 -0700 (PDT) > Joshua Banks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ahhhh. Funny you should mention this. > > This is exactly how I screwed myself then. To funny.. > > Your given 3 choices when "etc-update" is run... > > -1 > > -3 > > and -5. > > > > Whats the diff between -3 and -5....this isn't makig sense to me even after > > reading some stuff on the forum.. > > > > What I usually do is the following: > > 1. Ignore fstab, passwd, and shadow. I do check to see if there are any actual > changes (almost never) and incorporate these manually later. > > 2. Files that I know I have made no changes to, I just replace the old with the > new. > > It's a tedious process, at best. It's not a bad idea to make a copy of /etc > before you start, then you have a way out when things go bang. > > > > -- > Collins Richey - Denver Area > if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the > worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
