[wellylug] Exact meaning of "omitting directory"

[Tim McKenzie]

On Saturday 01 August 2009 15:32:40 Jethro Carr wrote:
> 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.

-a implies -r, so this would actually copy directories.

Tim
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