On 1/27/14, Mathias Bauer <mba...@gmx.org> wrote: > * Mr Smiley wrote on 2014-01-26 at 20:56 (+0000): > >> > cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B >> >> If you don't put a / after B it will copy all files to a file >> called B > > No, obviously not.
true >> So your above >> cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B >> Should be >> cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B/ > > If the target directory *exists* the trailing slash will *not* be > necessary: true and to state what should be obvious: if the target directory does *not exist*, then the trailing slash will, if you end up copying just one file, cause an error to be displayed rather than the wrong action to occur. >> Also when using rsync, i use the following >> >> rsync -vrthiP --progress --stats source/ destination/ >> >> This also checks for and only updates changed files on any >> subsequent rsync from A to B >> >> Don't forget the / at the end, even rsync will copy everything to a >> file rather than the wanted directory if you miss of the / > > That's not correct. In contrast to the slash trailing the > *source*, the final slash trailing the *target* is completely > irrelevant. See my other mail. True. But it does encourage (to my experience) thinking a little bit more about what I'm doing, because I do sometimes still use cp etc. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caosgnsr0w9yjycmuq0zshjip+dcerpltcutfw7qecsjxvy7...@mail.gmail.com
