[Gllug] cp command

[Matthew Smith]

On 21 Nov 2006, at 16:21, John G Walker wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:08:40 +0000 Mark Herringer
> <mark at countryman.co.za> wrote:
>
>> what options should I specify to copy the contents of a folder and  
>> not
>> the folder itself.
>>
>> cp ...options...source folder...destination folder
>>
>
> To copy the contents from subdirectory A into subdirectory B:
>
> cp ,/A/* ./B
>
>

If the folder you wish to copy has subdirectories, you need to use  
the -R option (to make it recursive and to preserve any symbolic links):

cp -R folderA/* folderB

Matt

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