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From: dantso@cris.com (Daniel Ts'o)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Best way to copy directory trees
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 96 22:43:28 GMT
Organization: The Rockefeller University
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References: <ts-0108961559090001@mac.infodirekt.de> <4tvqs3$7l8@cantina.clinet.fi>
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In article <4tvqs3$7l8@cantina.clinet.fi>,
mickey@cantina.clinet.fi (Mika Ruohotie) wrote:
:Thomas Schreiber <ts@infodirekt.de> wrote:
:>What is the best way to copy directory trees with preserving
:>access dates, permissions, links and so on?
:find * -print | cpio -pdmv /mnt
:
:havent ever had any problems with it... as long as you remember to
cd
:to the source filesystem...
A minor nit, "find *" will not locate files beginning with
(like
profile), so you copy will miss those files. "find ." will get
everything.
Cheers,
Dan Ts'o 212-327-7671
Dept. of Neurobiology FAX: 212-327-7671
The Rockefeller University
1230 York Ave. Box 138 dantso@cris.com
New York, NY 10021 dan@dna.rockefeller.edu