Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 14:57:20 -0700 From: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com> To: leegold <leegold@operamail.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recursively copying a directory - explain please. Message-ID: <3B69CCC0.302A4E35@acuson.com> References: <3B9AAD71@operamail.com>
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leegold wrote: > > Please explain what the difference is between copying > a directory vs. Recursively copying a directory. Copying a directory only copies the directory and the files contained within it. Recursively copying a directory does the same thing, and in addition, copies any subdirectories (also recursively). The following diagram may be useful /fubar/testone /fubar/testtwo /fubar/subdir /fubar/subdir/example /fubar/subdir/sample /fubar/subdir/newdir /fubar/subdir/newdir/adinfinitem A "cp /fubar/*" will only copy the first two items. A "cp -r /fubar/*" will copy all of the above items. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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