This is probably a simple question but I can't find the answer anywhere and my friend Google won't search for ./ and 'copy' brings up all sorts.
Basically, I've got a folder containing various files for a website (for simplicity lets say it's this): /mydirectory/index.html /mydirectory/images/image.gif I want to make a backup so in the /mydirectory/ folder I do: cp -r ./ backup I wanted his to result in: /mydirectory/index.html /mydirectory/images/image.gif /mydirectory/backup/index.html /mydirectory/backup/images/image.gif Does that make sense? The error I get is: cp: cannot copy a directory, `./', into itself, `backup' Is there a way to have cp ignore the newly created directory? Something like: cp -r ./ backup --ignore=backup Any help appreciated. I can work around it by simply making my backup somewhere else but I would be suprised if it's not possible to do this somehow. Kind Regards and many thanks, James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
