On 07/03/2019 09:14, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Mar 2019 23:38:39 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>
>>    how do you use a -d option when operating from a GUI?
>>
> Changing preferences to show 'hidden' files should do the same thing.

I know that. Ctrl H in nautilsu IIRC.

My point was that the poster had ignorted the context of te post he was
responding to.


> Some file managers may not have this but Thunar, the XFCE file manager
> which I use, does. So, if you want to use a GUI file manager, test it to
> see what it does.
>
> I checked what I suggested before posting: I found that cp 8.29 refuses
> to copy a directory containing files and/or directories unless the -d
> option is specified.

I think -R actually.

>
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