On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 04:28:35PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sun, May 29, 2005 at 08:10:05PM +0200, Elvis Cehajic wrote: > > Unix compatibility > > Huh? Please quote relevant part you are replying to so the message makes > sense.
It means that tar was originally design to handle unix files, and it's a good way to duplicate file systems. I used it so many times... Tar preserves uid/gid/perms/dates/devices/links, everything you need to have a working copy. But.. Maybe cp can do it too. And tar may be used to copy via ssh tar clf - | ssh othermachine:/mnt tar xf - for example (-l is like -x for cp) Cyprien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]