On 06/03/2019 12:33, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Mar 2019 07:01:00 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>
>> But I am fairly sure that if you copy a DIRECTORY the hidden files
>> inside it go along with it also.
>
> Yes they do, but you'll need to use the -d option to copy a directory
> that contains anything more than . and .. because cp will complain if you
> don't.
>


  how do you use a -d option when operating from a GUI?


> Or you can move it, of course, and everything in it is moved as well, but
> the ownerships will be need to be fixed if you're moving the directory to
> another user.
>
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