[ale] Quick cp question ...

[Chris Fowler]

cp -dpvR

-----Original Message-----
From: Jay Finch [mailto:retief at larp.com]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 6:27 PM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: [ale] Quick cp question ...


I feel like an idiot, but rather than repeat past mistakes, I figured I
would ask.

I am getting ready to upgrade the hard drive on my main server to one with
a larger capacity.  There are 3 mount points and data contained that I want
to copy.  However, in one of my mount points, there are a *LOT* of
Symbolically Linked directories.

When attempting to do a 'cp -rRpP *', it descended into the symbolic
directories and copied all the data instead of just copying the symbolic
link.

What would the appropriate cp command be?  'cp -RP' ??  'cp -rpx' ??

FYI - I'm only copying data files, and not system files.  (Those are on a
separate drive -- so no need to run a tar > untar setup)

Thanks!
Jay


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