Re: dd

[Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com>]

On Mon, 11 Aug 2014 01:15:31 -0400 (EDT), Reco wrote:
>
> While dd can be used to copy a directory, it cannot be used alone for
> this task. Try this:
>
> ...
>
> cp -a /var/www/* /media/lin50

This may work if there are no "hidden" files in the directory (files whose
names begin with a period), and if there are no files with embedded blanks
in their names, etc.  But as a more general approach, I suggest

   cp -a /var/www/. /media/lin50

The above handles all of the aforementioned special cases.  This copies
the entire directory tree below /var/www, including subdirectories, which
I assume is the OP's intent.

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