[ltp] Copying Files

[James Knott]

SOTL wrote:
> 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?

If you're copying files, why not use the cp command?  That's what it's 
there for.  dd is often used to copy entire partitions to or from a file 
or to convert data in a file.  It is not used as a general file copy 
program.

man dd for further info.