18 Mar
2004
18 Mar
'04
05:53
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 17 March 2004 08:11 pm, David Herman wrote: > On Wednesday 17 March 2004 07:20 am, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: > > David Herman wrote: > > ------snip--------------- > > When I was asking about this on the list (I believe the thread was > named moving day..., around november 2001) there was discussion of > using cp, with some specific flags but as this method worked for me > its what I use :-) > > Another suggestion from that thread follows > (assuming the source directory is /home and the new directory is > /home2) I (dh) had tried cp -a /home /home2 Ooops, bad typing, I (dh) had tried cp -ax /home /home2 > Terrance Eck suggested > The correct way to ensure hidden files are included is: > cp -a /home /home2 > > As I said before, I use the tar method suggested by John Clausen, and > it has worked for me but the cp -a method may suit you. - ------snip----------- Keep having a great evening! - -- dh Don't shop at ZipZoomFly.com! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAWTl3BwgxlylUsJARAtl3AJwOpgwf5vuvaIFByXwi2Hv+FdOOOQCfaDfc f54ovLqMVuSUiay5pgJj8Ck= =CIg5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----