Re: Copy ./ to subdirectory.
Hi,
On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 01:16:50PM +0100, James Preece wrote:
> This is probably a simple question but I can't find the answer
> anywhere and my friend Google won't search for ./ and 'copy' brings up
> all sorts.
>
> Basically, I've got a folder containing various files for a website
> (for simplicity lets say it's this):
>
> /mydirectory/index.html
> /mydirectory/images/image.gif
>
> I want to make a backup so in the /mydirectory/ folder I do:
>
> cp -r ./ backup
>
> I wanted his to result in:
>
> /mydirectory/index.html
> /mydirectory/images/image.gif
> /mydirectory/backup/index.html
> /mydirectory/backup/images/image.gif
>
> Does that make sense? The error I get is:
>
> cp: cannot copy a directory, `./', into itself, `backup'
>
> Is there a way to have cp ignore the newly created directory? Something like:
>
> cp -r ./ backup --ignore=backup
>
> Any help appreciated. I can work around it by simply making my backup
> somewhere else but I would be suprised if it's not possible to do this
> somehow.
I think direct answer to your question has been answered :-)
Here is the twisted one for back up.
The way you do only gives you single level backup. Please consider
making use of git (git-core package). Then you get nice history with
gui (gitk).
http://wiki.debian.org/DRData?action=show#head-386c7f05861f6cebf5eae046652c2ac25a8f1ddf
If you are making timed backup with plain cp, you can do it with find
while using prune to avoid stepping on your own backup.
http://localhost/Wiki/DRData?action=show#head-386c7f05861f6cebf5eae046652c2ac25a8f1ddf
> Kind Regards and many thanks,
God luck.
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