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09-14-2005, 02:20 AM
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Registered: Jun 2005
Distribution: debian, ubuntu, redhat,knoppix
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cp: will not create hard link ?????
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
Last edited by taiwf; 09-15-2005 at 07:12 PM.
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09-14-2005, 03:38 AM
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Registered: Jul 2005
Distribution: Debian Sarge/Etch, (K)Ubuntu, FC6, AIX5.3, VMWare ESXServer
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try cp -rf...
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09-15-2005, 07:12 PM
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Registered: Jun 2005
Distribution: debian, ubuntu, redhat,knoppix
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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?
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09-20-2005, 07:56 PM
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Distribution: debian, ubuntu, redhat,knoppix
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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.
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