10 Nov
2001
10 Nov
'01
15:28
On Saturday 10 November 2001 00:11, you wrote:
I tried it with cp -ax /home/mesa* /mesa2
and found out that none of the hidden directories were copied over to the new location.
The correct way to ensure hidden files are included is: cp -a /home/mesa /mesa2 This results in the directory /mesa2 which contains everything is the original /mesa. Regards, Terry