Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 18:59:22 +0000 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: Majid Almassari <majid@ibroadcast.net> Cc: Peter Kok <cckok00@stlinux.ouhk.edu.hk>, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: command abt 'ftp' and 'cp' Message-ID: <19991213185922.A551@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <00c401bf4548$765f6b70$8e1d91d8@ibroadcast.net> References: <38551FE5.C51CB20@stlinux.ouhk.edu.hk> <00c401bf4548$765f6b70$8e1d91d8@ibroadcast.net>
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Majid Almassari wrote:
> 2)If you are copying a whloe directory from one location to another on the
> same host then use the mv command.
Peter wants to *copy* not *move* a directory. The correct answer has
already been given, cp -R (I tend to use cp -Rp, just a habit I guess).
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