On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 03:58:56PM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20091229_011737, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 05:57:00PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > On Tue,29.Dec.09, 00:25:06, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > ... > > > > $ cd /path/to/source ; cp -a ./ destination/ > > > > > > > > This does trick since adding ./ after destination/ is still destination/ :-) > > > > > > Why is this better than 'cd /path/to/source ; cp -a . destination' ? > > > > Same... I overlooked that line in your post. > > All of this discussion of getting cp to copy both visible and dot-hidden files > would be moot if someone could convince OP to use rsync, would it not? I did suggest this, but .... > -- "I mean, I read the newspaper. I mean, I can tell you what the headlines are. I must confess, if I think the story is, like, not a fair appraisal, I'll move on. But I know what the story's about." - George W. Bush 12/12/2005 Philadelphia, PA
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