Re: Copy all except one

[Deryk Barker <dbarker@turing.cs.camosun.bc.ca>]

Thus spake Russell (rjshaw@iprimus.com.au):

> Hi,
> 
> I want to copy everything from hda2 to hdd2, where
> hdd2 is mounted as /mnt on hda2.
> 
> I think a cp recursive would cause a loop, so can i
> exclude /mnt easily, or would i need to make a bash
> script?

Use the -x ('stay on this filesystem') flag

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