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 Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 9:08 pm Post subject: Directory move question |
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Hey all, right i just have a quick question to ask and id be so greatful if you could help me out  , right well, i have aload of folders inside of one main folder, for example the main folder is called 'pictures' and inside that folder i have sub folders such as 'backgrounds' 'funny' etc... i wanna copy all of the sub folders inside the one main folder into a different directory. so would the command be:
| Code: | | cp -r /mnt/storage/pictures/ /home/computer/picutres |
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will that copy all of the sub folders and the contents inside of each folder successfully to the specified directory? or will i need to use * wildcard?
thanks in advance for any help =)
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cp -r /mnt/storage/pictures/, would be enough since the pictures dir are the main and contains all subs.
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TayloR974
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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thanks for the info dude  , just so i can see what folder its currently copying and the status with what others its copied already would i use verbose in that command?
like this:
| Code: | | cp -rv /home/computer/pictures |
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Thanks again in advance
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geniux
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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| TayloR974 wrote: | thanks for the info dude , just so i can see what folder its currently copying and the status with what others its copied already would i use verbose in that command?
like this:
| Code: | | cp -rv /home/computer/pictures |
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Yes, cp -rv will do just that.
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Thanks Geniux, really appreciate the help
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No probs, glade to help
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