I try to backup some files from directory called 'mytext' with the following command :

#pwd
#/root/xarg
#find . -mtime -1 |xargs cp -r --target-directory=/mytext --parents

and i got error message:
cp: will not create hard link `/mytext/tarz' to directory `/mytext/./tarz'
cp: will not create hard link `/mytext/love' to directory `/mytext/./tarz/love'


But if i go into /mytext and do:
#cp ~/xarg/* /mytext

i dont' get any error message. Did i write my find command wrongly? I tried use cp -a , but the result stil the same(both command did copy files i 'touch')

can anyone explain to me why cp will create error message regarding hardlink while there is no link file existed ?



thx in advance

dav

try cp -rf...

same result i use -rf option. Somehow this command keep thinking i am copying everything from /mytext directory (and content below) onto itself. Did i use xargs wrongly? I try to use -exec ...{} but if there are too many file i got error.

can anyone please help me or point me to the source i can look up?

i think its the -r flag cause error. Afterall the find . -mtime -1 produce individual files no directory (unlike cp * ). After i remove -r , it seems copy probably without complain..

But i still not so sure about the nature of error messsage.