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Subject: Re: Copying a directory hierarchy
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Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com> writes:

> 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 .*

> 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.

It works for me...

    temp> type -a rm
    rm is /bin/rm
    temp> mkdir -p a/b/c/d/e
    temp> touch a/b/c/d/.hidden a/b/c/d/e/.hidden-too
    temp> cp -r a f
    temp> find a f
    a
    a/b
    a/b/c
    a/b/c/d
    a/b/c/d/e
    a/b/c/d/e/.hidden-too
    a/b/c/d/.hidden
    f
    f/b
    f/b/c
    f/b/c/d
    f/b/c/d/e
    f/b/c/d/e/.hidden-too
    f/b/c/d/.hidden
    temp>