[wellylug] Exact meaning of "omitting directory"
Jethro Carr
jethro.carr at jethrocarr.com
Sat Aug 1 15:32:40 NZST 2009
On Sat, 2009-08-01 at 14:56 +1200, John Durham wrote:
> While copying files to my web server I received a message saying
> "omitting directory". Maybe I got the command wrong, but the implication
> here could be other than I expected. Before proceeding, would you care
> to comment please?
hi John,
This message means that you tried to copy a directory without specifying
the recursive (-r) option.
Eg:
$ cp -av source destination
Would copy all the files but not any directories.
$ cp -avr source destination
Will copy all the files and directories.
regards,
jethro
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Jethro Carr
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