CP to copy

br_sriram · 10-28-2004, 12:52 AM

Dear Friends,

I want to copy one directory (alongwith its contents) to another directory. I tried using cp. It conveniently omits the directories while copying. Is there any command with which I can copy (not move) the entire contents of one directory (which has inturn many child directories) to another location?

Please help me in this regard.
Thanks in Advance.
Sriram.

naren · 10-28-2004, 12:57 AM

hey

use cp -R <pathto sourse dir> <path o dest dir>

Bye

UsualTuxpect · 10-28-2004, 12:59 AM

#cp -r /vvv/vvv /xxx/vvv

-r is for recursive

read the man page for more #man cp or # cp --help

OOPS!!!!

br_sriram · 10-28-2004, 01:02 AM

Thanks Naren. That indeed worked as I wanted. I am accessing the Linux server from Windows environment using Telnet. I wanted this cp command for backing up of my directories. Is there any backup utility which can spawn at the linux level which will accomplish this task? I am using Mandrake 10.0.

Thanks and regards,
Sriram.

darthtux · 10-28-2004, 01:47 AM

I use tar and gzip to backup. This can be accomplished in one command:

tar czvf filename.tar.gz directory_to_back_up

Then to uncompress

tar xzvf filename.tar.gz

hiteshmaisheri · 10-28-2004, 04:46 AM

Darthtux, thank you for the answer you gave me a good idea for backing up files....
i generally move from partition one to another...