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<DIV><SPAN class=209070207-20012002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>cp -r
-p <src> <dest> to copy recursively and preserves file
attributes.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=209070207-20012002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>--Tim</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
discuss-admin@blu.org [mailto:discuss-admin@blu.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Abhi<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 20, 2002 00:58<BR><B>To:</B>
discuss@blu.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> copying directories<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>i
know this is kind of a stupid question but what command do i use to copy
a whole directory. i thought it was cp <source>
<destination>, but it doesn't seem to be working.
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