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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!alpha.sky.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-chi-13.sprintlink.net!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail 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 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4u54s0$ln@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <ts-0108961559090001@mac.infodirekt.de> <4tvqs3$7l8@cantina.clinet.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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....