Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 14:59:31 -0700 From: Sriranga Veeraraghavan <ranga@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to copy directory and contents? Message-ID: <200009222159.OAA29115@soda.csua.Berkeley.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 21 Sep 2000 15:59:48 MDT." <20000921155948.A43806@converging.net>
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> How do you copy a directory? I have used cp to copy files, but I am > not sure about copying a directory and all the files within. I find that cpio is the prefered way to do this (several others have mentioned tar): $ cd <src> && find . -depth -print | cpio -pvd <dest> ----ranga To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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