On Friday 12 Jan 2007 19:40, noi <noi@siam.com> wrote in alt.os.linux:

> 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

That would be the opposite of what the OP appears to want to do.

IIUC the OP wants all symlinks to be created as real files so (s)he
*does* want to dereference the links. The command would be either

cp -L /source /destination

or

cp --dereference /source /destination

depending on how much you want to type.
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Robert HULL

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