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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers how to copy files ? Post 56121 by Kelam_Magnus on Tuesday 28th of September 2004 09:42:35 AM
Old 09-28-2004
when I make

cp -pr users/abc/def/car.exe own

unix only creates a file "own" with the content of "car.exe" under the root folder, that's nonsense.




What folder are you in when you run the command? I know that maybe a basic question... I would use the FULL path just to be sure.

also, dont designate the destination filename. Allow the cp to use the same name you original file has.
 

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car(1)								   GNU Telephony							    car(1)

NAME

       car - crytographic archiver.

SYNOPSIS

       car [options] [paths...]
       car --decode [.carfile]

DESCRIPTION

       Creates	and  decodes portable cross-platform crytographic archives.  An archive can be a collection of files, or an in-stream message that
       is piped.  Output can be to a binary .car file, or ascified text.  A symetric cipher is used, and the passhrase is hashed to form a key.

OPTIONS

       --cipher=name
	      Specify symetric cipher.	By default 256 bit aes is used.

       --decrypt
	      Specify decryption operation on an existing car stream or file.  If no file is specified, stdin is used.

       --digest=name
	      Specify name of digest algorithm.  By default sha will be used.

       --follow
	      Dereference and follow symlinks.	Otherwise they are ignored.

       --output=filename
	      Specify output file for a new archive.  By default stdout is used.

       --overwrite
	      Always overwrite existing files without prompting.

       --quiet
	      Non-interactive and no status output.

       --recursive
	      If argument is a directory, recursively scan directory and any subdirectory contents as arguments.

       --help Outputs help screen for the user.

AUTHOR

       car was written by David Sugar <dyfet@gnutelephony.org>.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to bug-commoncpp@gnu.org.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2010 David Sugar, Tycho Softworks.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

GNU uCommon							   January 2010 							    car(1)
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