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Copying one folder over another of the same name destroys data!
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<blockquote data-quote="KuruMonkey" data-source="post: 113774"><p>rman: you aren't quite right in your assertions.</p><p></p><p>What windows' GUI copy folder with "replace" implements is (in effect)</p><p></p><p>[CODE]cp -rf /source_folder/folder_a /dest_folder/folder_a[/CODE]</p><p></p><p>Which, as you can see, is a "copy" command.</p><p></p><p>OSX implements (in effect):</p><p></p><p>[CODE]rm -dr /destfolder/folder_a</p><p>cp -rf /sourcefolder/folder_a /destfolder/folder_a[/CODE]</p><p></p><p>Notice the extra "delete" command. It does actually do a "if folder /destfolder/folder_a exists" around the delete command, but I don't know enough unix to write that...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KuruMonkey, post: 113774"] rman: you aren't quite right in your assertions. What windows' GUI copy folder with "replace" implements is (in effect) [CODE]cp -rf /source_folder/folder_a /dest_folder/folder_a[/CODE] Which, as you can see, is a "copy" command. OSX implements (in effect): [CODE]rm -dr /destfolder/folder_a cp -rf /sourcefolder/folder_a /destfolder/folder_a[/CODE] Notice the extra "delete" command. It does actually do a "if folder /destfolder/folder_a exists" around the delete command, but I don't know enough unix to write that... [/QUOTE]
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