Comments on: CP Linux / Unix Command

By: Amit Agarwal

Amit Agarwal — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:24:46 +0000

I can see two reason’s :
1) If you want to make sure that even directories are copied you can put an alias to cp as “cp -R” in you rc script for the shell. But keeping it like this would ensure that atleast files are copied.
2) Since the cp command has been behaving historically like this so a lot of admin’s use it without the “-R” option for copying just the files.

By: Lawrence Krubner

Lawrence Krubner — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:40:56 +0000

“If you want to copy files savely and intuitively, use a file browser like nautilus.”

That’s not a realistic option for remote sysadmin. When I log into a server using ssh, I use cp to move files around.

By: Bas Westerbaan

Bas Westerbaan — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:55:30 +0000

Efficiency and offcourse remaining consistent with older versions. If you want to copy files savely and intuitively, use a file browser like nautilus.