In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
> dick hoogendijk wrote:
> Yup. Use 'cp -Rp /old/part /new/part' to maintain as many perms
> as possible.
No, *don't* use cp for this. That will cause hard links to turn into
multiple files. Instead, use tar:
(cd /old/part; tar cf - .) | (cd /new/part; tar xpf -)
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