[ltp] Copying Files

[SOTL]

On Monday 06 December 2004 10:55, James Knott wrote:
> SOTL wrote:
> > Hi All
> >
> > I want to copy all files in a partition to another partition.
> >
> > Can I do the following?
> >
> > dd     if=dev/hda5/*     of=dev/hda6/*
> >
> > If not how do I need to modify this or what should I utilize?
>
> I don't think you need the "/*" at the end.  You're copying partitions,
> not files.
I DO NOT want to copy the partitions but All files located under the partition 
hda5 to partition hda6.

In fact the actual partition itself is what I am trying to get rid of but I do 
want the data files.

Do I use the * to do this or not?

Frank