On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:16:43 -0800, davida wrote this:

> What I want to do is copy files from one folder to another but not create
> the destination files and folders without creating a symbolic link to
> them.
>
> The reason why is that we want to create a test site without going back to
> the live links.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> I've tried cp --copy-contents but that still keeps the symbolic links
> intact.
>
> Thank you in advance.

Wouldn't that be

$ cp -d /folder /foldercopy