unix question
 

lets say I have a folder by the name of "myfolder"
which subfolders: "folder1" "folder2" and "folder3"

how do use the "cp" command to copy everything in folder "myfolder" including subfolders excluding "folder2"?

Geeks where are you?

http://www.us-webmasters.com/FreeBSD...-unix-FreeBSD/

I think you need to add -r for recursive.

Hope that helps.

Oh wait I don't think you can exclude just one sub-dir,

Anyway here's another bump for you :thumbsup

I dont think you can exclude a sub folder either.
cp -rf folder
would force to copy the folder recursive

for example:

ln -s myfolder/* .

I know you can tar the directories and by use of a text file with the folders you don't want listed in there, the tar will exclude anything you don't want. Then just move the tarball to where you want and untar.

I don't remember how exactly to do it, but I've used it on copying huge photoset directories with tons of folders and files I didn't want and tons that I did.

cp -rp

- the p will preserve the file attributes