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From: michaelv@MindBender.serv.net (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Best way to copy directory trees
Date: 27 Aug 1996 05:15:06 GMT
Organization: Michael L. VanLoon
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Message-ID: <MICHAELV.96Aug26221506@MindBender.serv.net>
References: <ts-0108961559090001@mac.infodirekt.de> <gergDvH52n.6K9@netcom.com>
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In-reply-to: dantso@cris.com's message of Sun, 25 Aug 96 22:42:30 GMT
In article <4vqhm8$ol7@herald.concentric.net> dantso@cris.com (Daniel Ts'o) writes:
In article <gergDvH52n.6K9@netcom.com>, gerg@netcom.com (Greg
Andrews) wrote:
:ts@infodirekt.de (Thomas Schreiber) writes:
:>What is the best way to copy directory trees with preserving
:>access dates, permissions, links and so on?
:I've always used:
: cd /path/to/old/dir
: find . -depth -print | cpio -pdmv /path/to/new/dir
yes, I usually use cpio like above:
find dir0 -print | cpio -pldumv dir1
The most common sysadmin method, AFAIK, is the dual-tar:
tar cpf - . | ( cd /somedir/ ; tar xpf - )
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