-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 primm wrote: > I've 800 or so files and folders in a folder called nonmembers. I mkdir > another folder in the folder nonmembers called members. I want to copy all > the 800 files in nonmembers to members. I'm in the nonmembers folder at the > command line. What do I type? Sounds easy doesn't it. I tried cp -a * members > but that of course includes members. I suppose I want to say 'copy everything > in the nonmembers folder that was there before I made the members folder to > the members folder'. If I had a gui I would simply drag and drop. > > Thanks. Lynn.
Hmm... The default behaviour of cp is not to copy directories unless you explicitly use the -R -r or -a options. However, -a is equivalent to - -dpPR so if you use -dpP you should avoid the recursion implicit in -a. Check info cp ... - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG2KB3asN0sSnLmgIRAuGFAKDa52q0si+3s/hTibnQ1rjgh/2Q8ACgsNpL rOp0p3jMzu3MrGdhPh96ALo= =TVbD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
