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From: taob@zap.io.org (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Best way to copy directory trees
Date: 7 Aug 1996 13:49:36 -0400
Organization: Internex Online Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Message-ID: <4uakvg$2mo@zap.io.org>
References: <ts-0108961559090001@mac.infodirekt.de>
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In article <ts-0108961559090001@mac.infodirekt.de>, Thomas Schreiber <ts@infodirekt.de> wrote:
>
>What is the best way to copy directory trees with preserving
>access dates, permissions, links and so on?
cd /olddir ; pax -rwvpe . /newdir
(rwvpe = read, write, verbose, preserve everything)
--
Brian Tao (BT300, taob@io.org, taob@ican.net)
Senior Systems and Network Administrator, Internet Canada Corp.
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"