Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners

From	l0f4r0@tuta.io
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners
Date	2021-09-12 18:40 +0200
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Hi Curt,

12 sept. 2021, 16:23 de curty@free.fr:

> On 2021-09-12, l0f4r0@tuta.io <l0f4r0@tuta.io> wrote:
>
>> In my opinion, trailing slash doesn't matter for destination folder on
>> the contrary of *source* folder.
>>
> It makes a difference when the source is a file and the destination
> directory is inexistant, because in that case a copy of $file named
> $destination will be created, which is not what you want here.
>
I think it is probably not applicable here for the OP (it's a directory) but thanks for this special use case :)

This explanation is given in the aforementioned `--mkpath` switch by the way.

The moral is: Pay attention to the single one character you type on the command line!
Best regards,
l0f4r0

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copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2021-09-12 02:50 +0200
  Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-09-12 03:00 +0200
    Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2021-09-12 03:50 +0200
      Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2021-09-12 09:00 +0200
        Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-09-12 12:30 +0200
        Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2021-09-13 01:50 +0200
          Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-09-13 09:10 +0200
            Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2021-09-14 08:20 +0200
              Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-09-14 09:00 +0200
                Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-09-14 15:50 +0200
                Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2021-09-15 01:00 +0200
      Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2021-09-12 09:00 +0200
        Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-09-12 16:30 +0200
          Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2021-09-12 18:40 +0200
        Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2021-09-13 01:50 +0200
      Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2021-09-12 09:20 +0200
  Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2021-09-12 09:50 +0200
    Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-09-12 10:10 +0200
    Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2021-09-13 02:10 +0200

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