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| From: | Peter Humphrey <prh@××××××××××.uk> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-amd64@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: urgent: Segfaults after synchronously emerging|downloading 30GB|burnng a DVD iso image | ||
| Date: | Tue, 30 May 2006 08:31:26 | ||
| Message-Id: | 200605300923.35902.prh@gotadsl.co.uk | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: urgent: Segfaults after synchronously emerging|downloading 30GB|burnng a DVD iso image by John Myers |
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| 1 | On Monday 29 May 2006 17:20, John Myers wrote: |
| 2 | |
| 3 | > perhaps |
| 4 | > cp -a |
| 5 | > would be simpler? |
| 6 | |
| 7 | I can't understand the manual entry for cp -a. It says |
| 8 | |
| 9 | -a, --archive |
| 10 | Preserve as much as possible of the structure and attributes |
| 11 | of the original files in the copy (but do not preserve directory |
| 12 | structure). |
| 13 | |
| 14 | Where does it put the files if it doesn't preserve the directory structure? |
| 15 | What happens to the directory structure? |
| 16 | |
| 17 | -- |
| 18 | Rgds |
| 19 | Peter. |
| 20 | -- |
| 21 | gentoo-amd64@g.o mailing list |