There is a bug reported in savannah, it will be fixed eventually but it is not the highest priority. Lukasz 2011/4/25 Andrew Hanushevsky <[log in to unmask]>: > The xrdcp -R is actually broken as designed. We all agree that this is > incorrect behavior. You can always use the Posix preload library with "cp > -r" as long as the source directory is not in xrootd. That should work. > > Andy > > -----Original Message----- From: Yang, Wei > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 12:14 PM > To: Paul T. Keener > Cc: xrootd-l > Subject: Re: Directory tree copy > > xrdcp -R should to work. I will leave others to answer why it isn't. Another > method is to mount your xrootd storage as a file system on your client, > using xrootdfs. Then you can use cp -r, etc. > > regards, > Wei Yang | [log in to unmask] | 650-926-3338(O) > > > > > On Apr 25, 2011, at 11:03 AM, Paul T. Keener wrote: > >> It is possible to copy a directory tree into xrootd that doesn't flatten >> the structure without using xrootdfs? I am looking for the equivalent >> of "cp -r" or "scp -r". "xrdcp -R", in all combinations I tried, >> flattens the directory tree into a single directory. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Paul T. Keener >> Department of Physics and Astronomy >> University of Pennsylvania > >