[nflug] copy (cp) large number of files

[Jonathan Skulski]

Because we don't have enough solutions yet ;-)

cd /mnt/mus/multimedia; for i in *; do cp -a $i /mnt/multimedia; done

On 4/25/06, David J. Andruczyk <djandruczyk at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> use rsync.  rsync -av /source /destination
> man rsync for details, or rsync --help
>
> rsync is nice becasue you can quit partway through and recontinue
> unlike cp which starts over again.
>
>
> --- Darin Perusich <Darin.Perusich at cognigencorp.com> wrote:
>
> > try do a tar copy.
> >
> > cd /mnt/mus/multimedia/
> > tar -cf - . |(cd /mnt/new/multimedia && tar -xf - )
> >
> > Robert F. Stockdale IV wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > cp /mnt/mus/multimedia/* /mnt/mus/
> > > -bash: /usr/bin/cp: Argument list too long
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Darin Perusich
> > Unix Systems Administrator
> > Cognigen Corporation
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> > Williamsville, NY 14221
> > darinper at cognigencorp.com
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>
> Dave J. Andruczyk
>
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