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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Using cp -r command to selectively omit *.dat files while copying a directory. Post 89309 by reborg on Friday 11th of November 2005 05:54:06 PM
Old 11-11-2005
-p pass trough (copy in and out)
-d make dirs
-m preserve modification time
-v verbose

from the man page:
Code:
       ....cpio copies files
       into or out of a cpio or tar archive, which is a  file  that  contains
       other  files  plus  information  about  them, such as their file name,
       owner, timestamps, and access permissions.  The archive can be another
       file  on the disk, a magnetic tape, or a pipe.

 

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