[SGVLUG] [Sclug] Copying directory trees in WINDOWS (ugh!)

[matti]

as dan pointed out

xcopy 

and as Bryon points out

cygwin

also... you may want to look at
Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows_Services_for_UNIX

i used to also use the MKS tool kit ..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MKS_Toolkit


lol.. looks like microsofts powershell is still
in need of catching up

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/winserverpowershell/thread/c5f29e46-520c-443b-8494-bc27d5c61205

holy smokes! come on.. recursive copy should be easier
in ms power shell... 

OH! and remember, SCALE is coming up!

best
matti



--- On Sun, 1/24/10, Bryan Backer <bbacker at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Bryan Backer <bbacker at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] [Sclug] Copying directory trees in WINDOWS (ugh!)
> To: "Simi-Conejo Linux Users Group" <sclug at zdi.net>
> Cc: "SGVLUG Discussion List." <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
> Date: Sunday, January 24, 2010, 1:20 PM
> I have a work PC on which I must run
> windows. I've
> found that using cygwin in my windows environment
> lets me use familiar tools (cp -r, tar, scp -r, dd, etc)
> on pesky windows file, or whole trees.
> 
> Consider installing the cygwin tools in the windows
> partition for times you're forced to be there.
> 
> --- On Fri, 12/25/09, James E. Lang <jim at lang.hm>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: James E. Lang <jim at lang.hm>
> > Subject: [Sclug] Copying directory trees in WINDOWS
> (ugh!)
> > To: sclug at zdi.net, vclug at actusa.net
> > Date: Friday, December 25, 2009, 7:51 PM
> > How does one go about copying a whole
> > directory tree in Windows? I see no recursive option
> for the
> > "copy" command. Copy *.* f: only copies the files.
> > Copy dir1\ dir2\ does the same. I can't lay my hands
> on a
> > Linux live CD right now. It would be easy that way!
> Windows
> > is SO PRIMITIVE!
> > 
> > -- Jim
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