Yes, cp will copy files to whatever directory you want, provided the directory already exists. It can also copy a bunch of files to one directory, operate recursively to copy the contents of a...
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Yes, cp will copy files to whatever directory you want, provided the directory already exists. It can also copy a bunch of files to one directory, operate recursively to copy the contents of a...
cp is not such a nice tool for making backups, even if just because it's so easy to type the wrong command and for example overwrite one backup with the backup of another file. (tar is even worse. I...