On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 11:04:41PM +1000, Timshel Knoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake forth: > > Also, tar is much better about preserving a lot of attributes than cp is... > > -a or no -a. > > Providing you give it the -p option when extracting ... ie: > > cd <dest> && (cd <src> && tar -cf -) | tar -xpf -
OK, I should have said "tar *can* be much better about preserving..." :). Point taken. -- Mike Markley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP: 0xA9592D4D 62 A7 11 E2 23 AD 4F 57 27 05 1A 76 56 92 D5 F6 GPG: 0x3B047084 7FC7 0DC0 EF31 DF83 7313 FE2B 77A8 F36A 3B04 7084 Mind your own business, Spock. I'm sick of your halfbreed interference.
