11-07-2005
how to copy hidden files from one folder to another
dear all,
i want to copy all files in my home dir to another.
from my home dir i have given ls -la then
some hidden files are there with dot . .. and i also want to copy all dirs in my home as it is . because iam upgrading the system
how to copy all files and dirs in my home dir to another system
please help
regards
rajan
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UNBURDEN-HOME-DIR(1) User Commands UNBURDEN-HOME-DIR(1)
NAME
unburden-home-dir - unburdens home directories from caches and trashes
SYNOPSIS
unburden-home-dir [ -n | -u | -f filter ]
unburden-home-dir ( -h | --help | --version )
DESCRIPTION
unburden-home-dir unburdens the home directory from files and directory which cause high I/O or disk usage but are neither important if
they are lost, e.g. caches or trash directory.
When being run it moves the files and directories given in the configuration file to a location outside the home directory, e.g. /tmp or
/scratch, and puts appropriate symbolic links in the home directory instead.
OPTIONS
-f just unburden those directory matched by the given filter (a perl regular expression) -- matches the already unburdened directories
if used together with -u.
-F Do not check for files in use with lsof before (re)moving files.
-n dry run (show what would be done)
-u undo (reverse the functionality and put stuff back into the home directory)
-h, --help
show this help
--version
show the program's version
EXAMPLES
Example configuration files can be found at /usr/share/doc/unburden-home-dir/examples on Debian-based systems and in the etc/ directory of
the source tar ball.
FILES
/etc/unburden-home-dir, /etc/unburden-home-dir.list, ~/.unburden-home-dir, ~/.unburden-home-dir.list, /etc/default/unburden-home-dir,
/etc/X11/Xsession.d/95unburden-home-dir
Read /usr/share/doc/unburden-home-dir/README on debianoid installations or README in the source tar ball for an explanation of these files.
SEE ALSO
corekeeper (http://openvswitch.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=corekeeper), autotrash(1), agedu(1), bleachbit(1).
For du(1)-like but more comfortable tools, see ncdu(1) (text-mode), baobab(1) (GNOME), filelight(1) (KDE), xdiskusage(1) (X tool calling
du(1) itself), or xdu(1) (X tool reading du(1) output from STDIN).
AUTHOR
Unburden Home Dir is written and maintained by Axel Beckert <beckert@phys.ethz.ch>
LICENSE
Unburden Home Dir is available under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 or any later version at your option.
Unburden Home Directory May 2012 UNBURDEN-HOME-DIR(1)