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cp * /safe
The "cp *.* /safe" is DOS syntax and will only match files that actually have "." in their name, and "cp ." does nothing.
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Fri Jul 2 14:34:45 2010 It should really be cp * .* /safe Arnout
cp * /safe will (normally) skip files starting with .; with cp * .* /safe
you copy everything. Of course, you'll get a few more complaints about skipping
directories `.' and `..'.
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