-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, [iso-8859-1] Andr? Bell wrote:
> When I 'xcopy *.* a:\ /s" and then copy those files to my linux machine > with 'cp' my long files names are lost. Any idea how to retain these long > file names when using media instead of ftp to transfer files between systems? > How long are the names??? The Linux filesystem supports names up to 256 characters. Are you sure you're not first putting the files on a plain DOS filesystem that lacks support for long names? > Also, is there an equivalent command to copy the files to linux including > full paths? The above mentioned diskette has around 500 cgi and html files > in 50 subdirectories and I'd like to be able to copy them to linux within > their respective paths without having to manually enter all 50 > subdirectories and manually copy the files over, one subdirectory at a time. cp -r copies entire directory trees. It's in the man page. HTH, noah PGP public key available at http://lynx.dac.neu.edu/home/httpd/n/nmeyerha/mail.html or by 'finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED]' -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBN8l3nodCcpBjGWoFAQE1nQQAgjSSzfATW5UUPvX6CYpj91uDY/VzTieb rDI4r5XqUt0AlYvzMjDsZz3OnmqGpCUtrT99tM5dx+dHPyfUlfM8USGIpzYa1fFE +F7dHJttZ8n/uUzcmVh/IeK7JGlFRrWg4k/YDBhA6EbORK6RZ4wl3Pp6MnVqr3+r R3O6gBMfolU= =Xffk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
