On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Leung Yau Wai wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Matt Housh wrote:
> > cp -a (equivalent to cp -dpR, iirc) should preserve links, but if
> > it doesn't work, (cd /source;tar cf - ./)|(cd /dest;tar xvf -) might do as
> > well.
> But
> (cd /source;tar cf - ./)|(cd /dest;tar xvpf -) should be better
or: cd /source
find . -print | cpio -p -m -v -d /dest
BTW, don't forget the 'p' if you choose the 'tar' command, if you do, it
strips all your SGID bits etc. off -- i.e., minor disaster.
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