[Techtalk] New to the list...new to linux

[the sunlover2]

Unix for Dummy



>Can anyone recommend a good book?  BN.com has about a zillion but I don't
>have that much time...if you can only buy one, which one is it?
>
>Tianna
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: techtalk-admin at linuxchix.org
>[mailto:techtalk-admin at linuxchix.org]On Behalf Of Julie
>Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 7:19 PM
>To: Tianna Thomas
>Cc: techtalk at linuxchix.org
>Subject: Re: [Techtalk] New to the list...new to linux
>
>
>Tianna Thomas wrote:
> >
> > ACK!  I'm a Win NT admin trying to run a unix box for the first time and
>I'm
> > just learning...well...nothing!
> >
> > All of this command line stuff is giving me a serious headache...any 
>help
> > here would be appreciated.  Specifically, I need to copy the entire
>contents
> > of one directory into another directory...is there a way to do this all 
>at
> > once or do I need to do it file by file? (Now's the time when I miss
> > drag-n-drop and copy/paste).  Exact commands would be helpful...I'm
> > completely lost (and a little nutz by now).
>
>cp -r /directory/where/files/are/now /directory/where/they/go
>
>For example, if you have a slew of files in /home/sue/myfiles
>and you want to copy them all to /home/jane/suesfiles you would
>run
>
>cp -r /home/sue/myfiles/. /home/jane/suesfiles
>
>"cp" will create the destination ("/home/jane/suesfiles") if it
>doesn't exist.  The extra "/." on the end of the first directory
>name keeps "cp" from putting the files in the wrong place.
>--
>Julianne Frances Haugh             Life is either a daring adventure
>jockgrrl at austin.rr.com                 or nothing at all.
>					    -- Helen Keller
>
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