cp

cp -r

copies recursively

cp -r home/* .

copies all files from the home directory 'here'

cp -p

preserves modification timestamp and the permissions

cp -rp /home/jane .

copies all files and subdirectories under /home/jane into ./jane/ AND retains original permissions and modification times

cp -r * backup

will create an infinte loop if backup is a directory in the current directory, as it will create backup/backup/backup ad infinitum

cp -aPv * newdir/

does same as `cp -rp`

find . -xdev -type f \( -mtime 0 -or -mtime 1 \) -exec cp --parents --target-directory=new "{}" \;

that funky `cp --parents --target-directory=new` stuff keeps original directory structure

mkdir -p ../apache_1.3.27/src/modules/dav; cp libdav.a mod_dav.c mod_dav.exp Makefile.tmpl Makefile.libdir libdav.module dav_shared_stub.c ../apache_1.3.27/src/modules/dav

copying from netscape