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.

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

When I try that I get:

cp: omitting directory `/www/docs/www.XXX.com/sports/c-bowl/'

noi wrote:
> 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

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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davida@rapidpat.com wrote:
> noi wrote:

Please don't top-post.
>>> I've tried cp --copy-contents but that still keeps the symbolic links
>>> intact.
>>>
>> Wouldn't that be
>> $ cp -d /folder /foldercopy
>>

Add the -r option and you should get subdirectories too.

--

//Aho

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

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