Witch cp ?

[Bliss, Aaron]

Thanks very much; I had the feeling that *.* isn't what I wanted.

Aaron 

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[mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Herta Van den Eynde
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 6:40 PM
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Subject: Re: Witch cp ?

Linux doesn't really use file extensions.  You can create a perfect text
file and call it "thisismytextfile" or "thisismytextfile.txt".  Both
will be recognized as "ASCII text".

However, if you use *.*, only files that have a dot will be copied. 
You'll miss files without dots, including hidden files.  In addition,
softlinks will be copied as files.

If your /srcpartition contains sockets, Manuel's dd is a safe bet.  (You
can check by means of "find /srcpartition -type s".)  If the partition
consists of regular file, I prefer a trick I learned from the Tru64
manpages:

# cd fromdir; tar cf  -  .  |  (cd todir;  tar xpf -)

because I have the impression it runs faster.  (Haven't really timed it,
though.)

Kind regards,

Herta


Bliss, Aaron wrote:
> I need to copy an entire partition and all it's subdirectories to a 
> new partition; do I want cp -rp /srcpartiton/* /destpartiton/ or cp 
> -rp
> /srcpartiton/*.* /destpartiton/ ?  Thanks for your help.
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