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#1
June 10th, 2008, 07:44 AM
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| copying folders in terminal I'm trying to copy a folder in terminal with all the contents inside of it but when I use the -r option, it just copy's the files within the folder to the destination so it doesn't create a new folder in the destination, it just copy's the individual files there. Also, some of these files may be corrupt but is there a way that it will notify you if it is corupt?
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#2
June 10th, 2008, 09:33 AM
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| You should do this: Code: cp -r [source folder] [destination directory]/[foldername]/ The 'cp' command does not test for "corrupt" files, since files are nothing more than binary bits... how would a copy operation detect that a bit is supposed to be a 1 instead of a 0? "Corrupt" file could mean anything -- a PhotoShop file that has a 1px black line through it may be "corrupt" to you, but it's just a bunch of bits to the computer and the computer doesn't know that line isn't supposed to be there.
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#3
June 10th, 2008, 09:36 AM
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| Ok, well that makes sense, very good point. Thanks for your help
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#4
June 10th, 2008, 11:12 AM
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| One last question about copying files. If I login to the mac remotely using SSH and start copying files, does it continue to copy after I log out of SSH?
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#5
June 10th, 2008, 11:17 AM
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| Nope, unless you launch the process as a background process.
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#6
June 10th, 2008, 11:32 AM
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| First of all I need to say: Man I love this site! I get much more qualified people to answer my questions then even AppleCare and I get a answer sooner then AppleCare because of the usual wait time. How can I make it a background process?
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#7
June 10th, 2008, 11:59 AM
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| You can put a "&" at the end of the command. ie: cp * /stuff & to bring it back to the foreground, type "fg"
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#8
June 10th, 2008, 01:01 PM
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