On 5/24/05, Ralph Shumaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > and "cp -pvr <from_here> <to_there>" everything
>
> cp will get everything and preserve links and whatnot?
I don't think so. Not "cp -pvr" anyway. You have to add -d for
symbolic links. From the cp man page:
-p, --preserve
Preserve the original files' owner, group, permissions, and timestamps.
-r
In file-utils 4.1: synonym of -R. In file-utils 4.0: Copy
directories recursively, copying any non-directories and non-symbolic
links (that is, FIFOs and special files) as if they were regular
files. This silly behaviour is obtained in file-utils 4.1 if the
--copy-contents option is given.
-v, --verbose
Print the name of each file before copying it.
-d
Copy symbolic links as symbolic links rather than copying the
files that they point to, and preserve hard links between source
files in the copies.
With file-utils 4.0 the long option --no-dereference was a
synonym for -d, with file-utils 4.1 it is a synonym for -P, while -d
is equivalent to --no-dereference --preserve=links.
Probably what you want is -a:
-a, --archive
Preserve as much as possible of the structure and attributes
of the original files in the copy (but do not preserve directory
structure). Equivalent to -dpPR.
This is the GNU version of cp, anyway.
-todd
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