rcp hidden files

[juno2]

I want to coyp all file from one host to another host , but some of source files are hidden and start with a "." sign like .profle , does the command rcp support these type of files ? thx.

[Darren Prior · Accepted solution]

Yes. As with any "." files, you'll need to use the wildcard .* (DOT STAR)

regards,

Darren.

[Stefan Farrelly]

rcp does indeed support copy files starting with a .

If you rcp -r a directory which contains . files then all copy across. If you copy the files in the current dir of which some start with a . then it wont copy them, you will need 2 rcp commands; rcp * then rcp ./.*, or copy the parent directory instead, then it will include the . files.

[Simone Benzi_1]

Ciao,

rcp follows same rules than cp, in order to copy hidden files you have to run something like:

rcp -p .[psXc]* remotehost:/path

where p, s, X and c are the first letter of your hidden files.

Regards,

Simone

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi,

Or you can use find in cobination with cpio

# cd /dir
# find . | cpio -ov | remsh host "cd /dir ; cpio -idvum"

Hope it helps,

Robert-Jan.

[Bill Hassell]

rcp knows nothing about wildcard characters, just as echo or cat or cp know nothing about * or ? characters. These wildcards are processed by the shell long before rcp sees the command line. To prove this, use the two commands:

echo .*

echo .\*

The \ character removes the 'special' meaning of * and echo simply reports what the shell has done to the command line. So remember that ? and * (and []{}, etc) are processed by the shell, not the command itself.

Also, .* is a very commonly misused. .* means: return any filename with . as the first character followed by zero or more characters. What is often unexpected is that .* will return .. which is the parent directory. So using the rm -r .* command in a user's directory could destroy the entire /home directory structure! Always 'test' the rm -r command with either the -i option (asks for confirmation on every file deletion) or add the word echo in front of rm -r to see what the shell will do:

echo rm -i .*

[Steven E. Protter]

Warning: I've seen some unusual behavior on 11.00 with rcp recursive commands.

Say copy the /oracle filesystem from system to system.

rcp -p -r /oracle/*.* hostname:/oracle

Different number of bytes at the back end.

scp -p -r has not led to the same problem.
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