[PLUG] PLUG Digest, Vol 156, Issue 17

[Tomas Kuchta]

No it will not.

* Is for all files and directories, exclusive of dot files. Dot files might
be included in the subdirectories, but that does not matter when you are in
home.

If you would want to address dot files, you would have to say: .*



On Sep 10, 2017 8:19 AM, "Denis Heidtmann" <denis.heidtmann at gmail.com>
wrote:

> cp -pr * /home/household/  will bring all the dot folders&files in
> /home/household, numbering about 24 dot folders and 19 dot files. The
> exclude option in rsync will do it when I can figure out how to write the
> PATTERN --exclude requires. The shell gets first shot at it.
>
> On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 10:35 PM, Tomas Kuchta <
> tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Just copy back (or restore) your data only. Surely you know what and
> where
> > you have it: Documents, Videos, Music, etc. Re-install is always an
> > opportunity to clean up and organize old suff.
> >
> > Alternatively, you could copy everything, but the dot files preserving
> > chaos. :-)
> > cd toYourBackupDirectory
> > cp -pr * /home/$USER/
> >
> > This will copy all your old (non-dot) files and directories to your new
> > home.
> > I forgot the name for your username, hence the $USER variable.
> >
> > If you prefer rsync, the command woul look this way:
> > rsync -a --progress * /home/$USER/
> >
> > Hope it helps,
> > Tomas
> >
> >
> > On Sep 9, 2017 9:59 PM, "Denis Heidtmann" <denis.heidtmann at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Tomas,
> >
> > Thanks for the advice.  Avoiding the . files sounds safest. I can have
> them
> > available if it looks like I need what is in them in particular cases.
> Now
> > I need to understand how to avoid including them.  I do not see that cp
> > offers that, but perhaps rsync does.
> >
> > -Denis
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 9:41 PM, Tomas Kuchta <
> tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com
> > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I would avoid copying files and directories starting with . Unless I
> know
> > > why I want the old file/directory. Example of what to copy over
> .Mozilla
> > if
> > > you want your old browser config or emails.... Would try to avoid
> > > kde/gnome/config files and directories, unless I need some of them.
> > >
> > > Tomas
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sep 9, 2017 6:55 PM, "Denis Heidtmann" <denis.heidtmann at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > It occurs to me that the source being 14.04 and the target being
> 16.04
> > is
> > > > likely a complications.  See
> > > > http://eggsonbread.com/2010/01/28/move-ubuntu-to-another-
> > > > computer-in-3-simple-steps/
> > > >
> > > > I could upgrade the old 14.04 to 16.04 first to comply with the
> linked
> > > > instructions. (But note that those are from 2010.)  If I ignore this
> > > little
> > > > complication I worry that things will break badly.  Matching the
> > versions
> > > > is not a huge pain.
> > > >
> > > > I do not see that cp requires special handling for . files.  True?
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 2:26 PM, Rich Shepard <
> rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
> > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Sat, 9 Sep 2017, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Would rsync make my first question moot?
> > > > >
> > > > > Denis.
> > > > >
> > > > >    Perhaps. Read the rsync man page to better understand it.
> Briefly,
> > > > rsync
> > > > > will compare the same file name on source and target and copy the
> > > former
> > > > > version over the latter version if the source is newer. If there
> are
> > > > files
> > > > > on the source that are not on the target, rsync will copy the
> source
> > to
> > > > the
> > > > > target so both directories have the latest version of all files.
> > > > >
> > > > >    Be aware, however, that specifying the source directory only
> > regular
> > > > > files
> > > > > and subdirectories are examined and synchronized; e.g., if the
> source
> > > ~/
> > > > is
> > > > > the pwd, 'rsync * target/home/me/'; if the pwd is your target
> > > directory,
> > > > > 'rsync source/home/me/ .'. To synchronize the dot files you need to
> > > > specify
> > > > > '.*' to indicate all dot files instead of '*' to specify all normal
> > > > files.
> > > > > I
> > > > > got caught once by thinking that '*' copied dot files, too. It
> don't.
> > > > >
> > > > > Rich
> > > > >
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