Jim Westbrook wrote: [snip]
Thanks for all the suggestions guys. I have decided to use the command: cp -a /home /data4 for both the home and etc directories.
I trust this will include all the hidden files, retain the user permissions and generally just cp the darn directory. :)
You will probably want this instead:
cp -apr /home /data4
-a == all files -p == retain permissions -r == recursive Tnx Jim,
I would have included the switches as you say but according to the man page -a is equal to -dpr as well as including all files. Tnx though -- The Little Helper ======================================================================== Hylton Conacher - Licenced ex-Windows user (apart from Quicken) Registered Linux user # 229959 at http://counter.li.org Currently using SuSE 9.0 Professional with KDE 3.1 ========================================================================