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On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 21:08, Robert Huff wrote:
> Mike Jeays writes:
> 
> >  How does on copy a complete directory hierarchy, including any hidden
> >  files?
> >  
> >  "cp -rp" leaves them out.
> 
> 	cp -rp *
> 	cp -rp .*
> 
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> 				Robert Huff
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This doesn't copy hidden files in lower-level directories, only in the
top level.  Thanks for the suggestion - a good idea that doesn't quite
do it.