X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 01:56:07 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Checking XCOPY Exit Value in Cygwin Bash Message-ID: <20060807055607.GA6895@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <44d664a8.30904@inbox.com> <20060806203655.gc30223@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <74382bafeaa.000000d2wolfpack@inbox.com> <7ADB1158828.00000326wolfpack@inbox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7ADB1158828.00000326wolfpack@inbox.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 08:26:11PM -0800, Shane wrote: >> What's wrong with "cp -a" or "cp -r"? >It only copied files that were directly under the source directory. It >didn't traverse the directories inside source recursively. I did some >searching and, I came up with a similar thread. Finally the tar method >was recommended in it too. Please refer : >http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/1999-December/016328.html and it's >follow-ups. 1999 archives in a non-cygwin mailing list? No, thank you. I have used "cp -a" and "cp -r" any number of times with success on cygwin. However, if cp is not working correctly, I'm sure the coreutils maintainer would be interested in fixing it, if you have further details. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/