On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, Alex Yukhimets wrote: : Hi. : : Does anyone know the best way to copy a huge directory tree (~1Gig) : to another disk (mounted at some point)? I need to preserve the : ownerships and permissions, preservation of times are optional. : : I am aware of 3 ways: : tar cpfl - dir1 | tar -C dir2 -xpf - : find dir1 -xdev -print | cpio -p -admu dir2 : cp -ax dir1 dir2 : : Which one is considered to be safer, faster, etc? : : thanks. : : Alex Y. : FWIW,
I prefer cpio as it (IMHO) does the best job of preserving permissions, and it doesn't throw up on device files and the like. However, this seems to be a topic similar to religion; last time we debated this there was quite a row. Not unlike debating vi/emacs/etc. ... -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 Voice: (605) 334-4454 Fax: (605) 335-1173 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key ID: 0xA33B86E9 - Public key available at keyservers PGP Key fingerprint: CE03 10AF 3281 1858 9D32 C2AB 936D C472 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
