On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 02:53:09 -0500, shawn wilson wrote: > btw, the best cp command for the job is cp -Ra (a for archive - maintain > all permissions - do this as root to maintain uid/gid of other > users/groups).
Thanks for pointing out why "cp -r" is unacceptable. Just my added 2c... the -R is actually not necessary once the -a is specified. I.e., "cp -a" is all that you need. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ih1qgf$fih$1...@dough.gmane.org
