On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:23:56 +0000, Mark Knoop wrote: > On 23/01/07, Todd Zullinger <tmz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Dave Stevens wrote: >> > I've tried to copy files from my home folder to do a disk upgrade. I >> > foolishly only copied the visible (non-dot) files. Now I'd like to >> > copy only the . files (recursively) but don't see what the syntax >> > is. Anyone? > > Or you could try > > cp -u ~/* /destination/ > > This will only copy when the SOURCE file is newer than the destination > file or when the destination file is missing. That will leave the dot files out; the very files the original poster intends to copy. Akemi
