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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Best way to copy directory trees
Date: 5 Aug 1996 16:44:00 +0100
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Mika Ruohotie (mickey@cantina.clinet.fi) wrote:
[....]
: find * -print | cpio -pdmv /mnt
[....]

find . | cpio -pvumd /mnt is better - it overwrites subsequently modified
files and gets the stuff beginning with '.' in the current directory.

--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....