In looking at ways of backing up files and directories, I've found (among lots
of other things), the suggestion to use cpio, often in a manner like:
% find . -print -depth | cpio -ov > tree.cpio
In looking at that, I wondered what the -depth parameter does--at first I
worried that it might limit the depth of recursion that would occur, but it
does not.
I found an answer of sorts from info find (quoted below), but I don't really
understand how "printing the directory entries in a directory before the
directory name itself" "limits the effects of restrictive directory
permissions".
I did some googling of that sentence, but all I've found so far are links to
info find.
Can someone explain, provide some hints, or provide a link to an explanation?
<quote from info find>
The `-depth' option forces `find' to print of the entries in a directory
before printing the directory itself. This limits the effects of restrictive
directory permissions by printing the directory entries in a directory before
the directory name itself.
</quote from info find>
Thanks!
Randy Kramer
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