X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 20:26:11 -0800 Message-ID: <7ADB1158828.00000326wolfpack@inbox.com> From: Shane Subject: Re: Checking XCOPY Exit Value in Cygwin Bash To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com In-Reply-To: <20060807010427.GB32330@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> References: <44d664a8 DOT 30904 AT inbox DOT com> <20060806203655 DOT gc30223 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <74382bafeaa DOT 000000d2wolfpack AT inbox DOT com> X-Mailer: INBOX.COM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-IWM-ACU: 6z4jVws8pjM_Q5BLZD-a9aDjQiqu9bg6Lk7yiROLzK5i5lniEKR3tSLRlHkj weX6qP_obcb8i7DOFMGv7eoImHugXxaScQbBGuG75BmHVjXgH_4W2abc0hYT r9v3LFs4vVvuXnqfY X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id k774QTjH017890 > 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. Thanks and Regards Shane > -----Original Message----- > From: cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com > Sent: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 21:04:27 -0400 > To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > Subject: Re: Checking XCOPY Exit Value in Cygwin Bash > > On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 06:52:40AM +0900, Shane wrote: > >Christopher Faylor wrote: > >>Is there some reason why you are not using "cp" to accomplish your > >>task? "cp --help" should provide you with all sorts of options for > >>copying files. You should be able to press "cp" into service for this. >>> > >>Using DOS utilities and DOS paths for this type of thing is putting you > >>on the fringes of support for Cygwin. I really wouldn't recommend it. > >>Clearly this is not such a Windows-specific problem that it outside of > >>the capabilities of a UNIX solution. >> > >My initial attempt was with cp. But I didn't see a way of preserving > >the original directory structure of the source dir, > > What's wrong with "cp -a" or "cp -r"? > > -- > 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/ -- 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/