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How is it possible that cp didn't copy all files from a huge directory?
I did cp on a large directory with 5000 files. I checked contents with diff and it was not matching! How is this possible?
I ran cp -rv devholidayge/ holiday/
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How is it possible that cp didn't copy all files from a huge directory?
I did cp on a large directory with 5000 files. I checked contents with diff and it was not matching! How is this possible?
I ran cp -rv devholidayge/ holiday/
Are you sure it completed with a 0 return code and no errors? What is the exact command you invoked? – dset0x – 2012-10-16T10:12:06.447
Does the directory have subdirectories under it? If yes, then
cp
by itself will not do a recursive copy unless you specify the-R
flag. – M K – 2012-10-16T10:15:55.420Did you run out of space on the target? – pjc50 – 2012-10-16T10:20:00.500
@MK yes I used -r – None – 2012-10-16T10:34:34.077
@pjc50 nope. I've many more gigs of space. – None – 2012-10-16T10:34:51.487
@zmode exact command is in the post. I edited it out. – None – 2012-10-16T10:35:11.080
Are there subdirectories or files within
devholidayge/
for which you don't have read permission? – M K – 2012-10-16T10:36:07.4701What do the files that didn't copy have in common (if anything)? Were they all over a certain size? Were they all a certain type? – ChrisF – 2012-10-16T10:36:26.133
@ChrisF they were part of the w3 total cache plugin. – None – 2012-10-16T10:40:31.093
@SandroDzneladze - edit this information into your question. – ChrisF – 2012-10-16T10:41:23.010
@SandroDzneladze Could it be that they were cache files? If so, it is possible that they vanished or were created after the copy started. – dset0x – 2012-10-16T10:41:50.920
@zmode not possible, they were part of w3-total-cache-config files not cache files. – None – 2012-10-16T10:50:30.040