[9fans] dumb question

[9fans] dumb question

[Andrew Stitt]

ok so im totally stumped on this: how do i copy a directory? cp can copy
files only, but has no nifty recursive option, what do i do? thanks
                 Andrew

[9fans] Re: dumb question

[Douglas A. Gwyn]

Andrew Stitt wrote:
> ok so im totally stumped on this: how do i copy a directory?

The "tar" manual page gives an example (last time I looked).

Re: [9fans] dumb question

[arisawa]

Hello,

>ok so im totally stumped on this: how do i copy a directory?
>cp can copy files only, but has no nifty recursive option,
>what do i do? thanks
>                 Andrew

look at http://plan9.aichi-u.ac.jp/netlib/cmd/cpdir/

The following is a part of README file.

Kenji Arisawa
E-mail: arisawa@aichi-u.ac.jp


Usage: cpdir [-vugRm]  [-l list] source destination [path ...]
Options and arguments:
        -v: verbose
        -u: copy owner info
        -g: copy group info
        -R: remove redundant files and directories
        -m: merge
        -l list:
                path list to be processed. path list must be a path
per line.
        source:
                source dir from which copy is made.
        destination:
                destination dir in which copy is made.
        path ... : pathes in source to be processed.

Function:
        `cpdir' makes effort to make a copy of source/path
        in destination/path.
        `cpdir' copies only those files that are out of date.
        `cpdir' tries to preserve the following info.:
        - contents (judged from modification time)
        - modification time
        - permissions
        - group (under -g option)
        - owner if possible. (under -u option)
        and under -R option, `cpdir' removes files and directories
        in destination/path
        that are non-existent in source/path.

Re: [9fans] dumb question

[Andrew Stitt]

thank you this is very helpful.

On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 arisawa@ar.aichi-u.ac.jp wrote:

> Hello,
>
> >ok so im totally stumped on this: how do i copy a directory?
> >cp can copy files only, but has no nifty recursive option,
> >what do i do? thanks
> >                 Andrew
>
> look at http://plan9.aichi-u.ac.jp/netlib/cmd/cpdir/
>
> The following is a part of README file.
>
> Kenji Arisawa
> E-mail: arisawa@aichi-u.ac.jp
>
>
> Usage: cpdir [-vugRm]  [-l list] source destination [path ...]
> Options and arguments:
>         -v: verbose
>         -u: copy owner info
>         -g: copy group info
>         -R: remove redundant files and directories
>         -m: merge
>         -l list:
>                 path list to be processed. path list must be a path
> per line.
>         source:
>                 source dir from which copy is made.
>         destination:
>                 destination dir in which copy is made.
>         path ... : pathes in source to be processed.
>
> Function:
>         `cpdir' makes effort to make a copy of source/path
>         in destination/path.
>         `cpdir' copies only those files that are out of date.
>         `cpdir' tries to preserve the following info.:
>         - contents (judged from modification time)
>         - modification time
>         - permissions
>         - group (under -g option)
>         - owner if possible. (under -u option)
>         and under -R option, `cpdir' removes files and directories
>         in destination/path
>         that are non-existent in source/path.
>
>