[SGVLUG] [Sclug] Copying directory trees in WINDOWS (ugh!)

Bryan Backer bbacker at yahoo.com
Sun Jan 24 13:20:08 PST 2010


I have a work PC on which I must run windows. I've
found that using cygwin in my windows environment
lets me use familiar tools (cp -r, tar, scp -r, dd, etc)
on pesky windows file, or whole trees.

Consider installing the cygwin tools in the windows
partition for times you're forced to be there.

--- On Fri, 12/25/09, James E. Lang <jim at lang.hm> wrote:

> From: James E. Lang <jim at lang.hm>
> Subject: [Sclug] Copying directory trees in WINDOWS (ugh!)
> To: sclug at zdi.net, vclug at actusa.net
> Date: Friday, December 25, 2009, 7:51 PM
> How does one go about copying a whole
> directory tree in Windows? I see no recursive option for the
> "copy" command. Copy *.* f: only copies the files.
> Copy dir1\ dir2\ does the same. I can't lay my hands on a
> Linux live CD right now. It would be easy that way! Windows
> is SO PRIMITIVE!
> 
> -- Jim
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