SYNOPSIS

e2cp [options] files... dest

DESCRIPTION

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.

AUTHOR

The e2tools were written by Keith Sheffield <[email protected]>.

This manual page was written by Lucas Wall <[email protected]>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).