Thanks! That worked. Appreciate the help!


J.O. Aho wrote:
> Robert Hull wrote:
> > 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.
>
> As he has subdirectories, he would want to add -r option
>
> cp -Lr /source /destination
>
>
> --
>
> //Aho