using ditto command

Here are example commands using ditto.


mac $ cd /
/
mac $ ls -l
total 46
drwxrwxr-x+ 164 root  admin   5.4K Dec 22 08:49 Applications/
drwxr-xr-x+  66 root  wheel   2.2K Jun 18  2018 Library/
drwxr-xr-x@   2 root  wheel    68B Nov 21  2015 Network/
drwxr-xr-x+   4 root  wheel   136B Jan 28  2015 System/
lrwxr-xr-x    1 root  wheel    49B Jul 27  2015 User Information@ -> /Library/Documentation/User Information.localized
drwxr-xr-x   13 root  admin   442B Aug 28 20:57 Users/
...clipped...
lrwxr-xr-x@   1 root  wheel    11B Nov 21  2015 var@ -> private/var
mac $ ls -l /Volumes/
total 16
drwxrwxr-x  10 mac   staff   408B Dec 22 22:13 --Mojave--/
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  admin     1B Dec 21 02:35 Macintosh HD@ -> /
drwxrwxr-x   9 mac   staff   374B Dec 23 14:31 hps+/
mac $ cd /Users
/Users
mac $ ls -l
total 16
drwxrwx---    5 root       admin   170B Jul 21 14:25 Deleted Users/
drwxrwxrwt   13 root       wheel   442B Dec  9 22:28 Shared/
drwxr-xr-x+  16 letssee    staff   544B Jan 28  2018 letssee/
drwxr-xr-x+ 144 mac        staff   4.8K Jan  3 20:00 mac/
mac $ cd mac
mac $ cd play
mac $ pwd
/Users/mac/play
# You are coping your play folder to your flash drive /Volumes/hps+. You need to give the new folder a name
# the new folder play must not exist! Should it exist it will be overwritten!
mac $ ditto -v -rsrc /Users/mac/play /Volumes/hps+/play
Copying /Users/mac/play
mac $ pwd
/Users/mac/play
mac $ ls -lR
total 24
-rw-r--r--@ 1 mac  staff    56B Dec 19 15:11 containsBill
-rw-r--r--  1 mac  staff     4B Dec 19 15:07 containsBob
-rw-r--r--  1 mac  staff     5B Dec 19 15:08 containsJoe
-rw-r--r--  1 mac  staff     0B Dec 19 19:56 hi"there"
drwxr-xr-x  4 mac  staff   136B Jan  4 14:46 more/

./more:
total 0
-rw-r--r--  1 mac  staff     0B Jan  4 14:46 file1
drwxr-xr-x  3 mac  staff   102B Jan  4 14:46 moreStill/

./more/moreStill:
total 0
-rw-r--r--  1 mac  staff     0B Jan  4 14:46 fileToo

# list contents of flash drive hps+
mac $ ls -lR /Volumes/hps+
total 0
-rw-r--r--  1 mac  staff     0B Dec 23 14:30 hi2
drwxr-xr-x  8 mac  staff   272B Jan  4 14:46 play/

/Volumes/hps+/play:
total 24
-rw-r--r--@ 1 mac  staff    56B Dec 19 15:11 containsBill
-rw-r--r--  1 mac  staff     4B Dec 19 15:07 containsBob
-rw-r--r--  1 mac  staff     5B Dec 19 15:08 containsJoe
-rw-r--r--  1 mac  staff     0B Dec 19 19:56 hi"there"
drwxr-xr-x  4 mac  staff   136B Jan  4 14:46 more/

/Volumes/hps+/play/more:
total 0
-rw-r--r--  1 mac  staff     0B Jan  4 14:46 file1
drwxr-xr-x  3 mac  staff   102B Jan  4 14:46 moreStill/

/Volumes/hps+/play/more/moreStill:
total 0
-rw-r--r--  1 mac  staff     0B Jan  4 14:46 fileToo
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