[ale] Quick cp question ...

[retief at larp.com (Jay Finch)]

I feel like an idiot, but rather than repeat past mistakes, I figured I 
would ask.

I am getting ready to upgrade the hard drive on my main server to one with 
a larger capacity.  There are 3 mount points and data contained that I want 
to copy.  However, in one of my mount points, there are a *LOT* of 
Symbolically Linked directories.

When attempting to do a 'cp -rRpP *', it descended into the symbolic 
directories and copied all the data instead of just copying the symbolic 
link.

What would the appropriate cp command be?  'cp -RP' ??  'cp -rpx' ??

FYI - I'm only copying data files, and not system files.  (Those are on a 
separate drive -- so no need to run a tar > untar setup)

Thanks!
Jay


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