[wplug] cp command question

[Brian Medley]

On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 03:51:36PM -0400, Russ Schneider wrote:

> When copying many directories, how do you also include all the hidden 
> file that start with .?  Like .mozilla, .plan, etc.?
> 
> And yes, I looked "man cp". :)
> 
> Is there a seperate command for this?

When I want to copy a directory I usually use something like:

(cd /source/directory && tar cf - . ) | (cd /dest/directory && tar xvfp -)

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