e2cp (1) Linux Manual Page
e2cp – copies files from/to an e2fs filesystem
Synopsis
e2cp [options] files… destDescription
The e2cp command copies files to/from an e2fs filesystem from/to the machine’s filesystem.Options
A single `-‘ (dash) can be used instead of a file name to indicate standard input/output.- -0
- Input lines terminated by a null character.
- -a
- Absolute directory names – create directories instead of just copying into the destination. Only valid for copying into an ext2fs filesystem.
- -d dest_dir
- Destination of files to be copied. May be in the ext2fs filesystem or the host filesystem.
- -G gid
- Set the default group to gid.
- -O uid
- Set the default file owner to uid.
- -p
- Preserve host file attributes (permissions, times, etc.) when copying files.
- -P mode
- Set the file permissions (ie 755, 666).
- -s src_dir
- The source of the files to be copied.
- -v
- Be verbose.
See Also
e2tools(7), e2ln(1), e2ls(1), e2mkdir(1), e2mv(1), e2rm(1), e2tail(1).Author
The e2tools were written by Keith Sheffield <sheff [at] pobox.com>.This manual page was written by Lucas Wall <lwall [at] debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).