[wplug] cp command question

Eric C. Cooper ecc at cmu.edu
Sat Jun 14 20:13:41 EDT 2003


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". :)

Use the "-a" option.

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Eric C. Cooper          e c c @ c m u . e d u



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