On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 12:39:48AM -0500, Randal Leavitt wrote: > Hi All .... > > I am trying to backup my email on a memory stick. I used the cp command: > > cp source directory > > The email directory is called "Local Folders" and it contains a number > of empty directories. The cp command refuses to copy these empty > directories. Is there some way I can force the cp command to do this? You want a recursive copy, which you can do with the options -r or -a. See "man cp". > Do I need these empty directories on the memory stick? Could I restore > my email on another computer properly without them? If you want the exact copy, then use -a. > Randal Leavitt - another Ubuntu user slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ Auto-Free Ottawa! Canada <www.TriColour.net> -- \@ @ <www.flora.org/afo/> No Internet Wiretapping! -- _\\/\%___\\/\% Vote! -- <Green.ca> <www.OpenSWAN.org>___________GTVS6#790__(*)_______(*)(*)___<www.Marillion.com>