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Re: Problem selecting options for cp command

From Lars Noodén <lars.nooden@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Problem selecting options for cp command
Date 2016-09-05 16:30 +0200
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On 09/05/2016 05:21 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> "archive" had brought up mental image of dusty back rooms where things
> were being preserved for posterity. Not making a copy to actually be used.
> 
> Someone had suggested rsync but that has too many options for me to
> bungle. "cp" may be slower but appears more comfortable.
> 
> Thanks to all.

For rsync, the only options that you need to worry about are -a and -v.
Even then the -v is optional.

	rsync -av /media/richard/myrepo/ /media/richard/test/

Just remember the trailing slash on the directories and it will go fine.

Regards,
Lars

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Problem selecting options for cp command Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-09-05 14:40 +0200
  Re: Problem selecting options for cp command Patrick Wiseman <pwiseman@gmail.com> - 2016-09-05 14:50 +0200
    Re: Problem selecting options for cp command <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-09-05 15:00 +0200
  Re: Problem selecting options for cp command Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2016-09-05 14:50 +0200
    Re: Problem selecting options for cp command Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-09-05 16:30 +0200
      Re: Problem selecting options for cp command Lars Noodén <lars.nooden@gmail.com> - 2016-09-05 16:30 +0200
  Re: Problem selecting options for cp command <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-09-05 15:00 +0200
  Re: Problem selecting options for cp command Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-09-05 15:00 +0200
  Re: Problem selecting options for cp command Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2016-09-05 15:00 +0200
    Re: Problem selecting options for cp command <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-09-05 15:10 +0200
    Re: Problem selecting options for cp command Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-09-05 15:30 +0200
      Re: Problem selecting options for cp command Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2016-09-05 15:40 +0200
  Re: Problem selecting options for cp command "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2016-09-05 15:10 +0200

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