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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!netaxs.com!tezcat!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.interactive.net!onyx.interactive.net!not-for-mail From: ritz@onyx.interactive.net (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: Best way to copy directory trees Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA release 960817] X-Nntp-Posting-User: ritz Sender: news@interactive.net (System Administrator) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Organization: IBS Interactive, Inc. Lines: 35 Message-ID: <Dwwn9n.6MA@interactive.net> References: <ts-0108961559090001@mac.infodirekt.de> <gergDvH52n.6K9@netcom.com> <4vqhm8$ol7@herald.concentric.net> <MICHAELV.96Aug26221506@MindBender.serv.net> <500uju$khm@uriah.heep.sax.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: 841331146/8331 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: onyx.interactive.net Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 15:05:47 GMT J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> wrote: : michaelv@MindBender.serv.net (Michael L. VanLoon) wrote: : > 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 - ) : Keep in mind that both tools have serious shortcomings that can become : very important on 4.4BSD systems. : . tar cannot handle long path names (old tar 100 characters, newer : tar's 255 characters, the system allows for at least 1024 characters) : . tar cannot handle 32-bit dev nodes : . cpio can only handle 32-bit dev nodes when using -H newc or -H crc : archive formats (which are not understood by old cpio's); this is : not a problem with cpio -p, but only for exchanging archives : between machines. I'm not sure I understand why folks don't just use dump and restore? If you're backing up between disparate operating systems, I would understand using something like tar/pax/cpio, but on a group of BSD4.X boxes I personally think dump/restore makes more sense. Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@interactive.net | finger/mail info@interactive.net OR IBS Interactive, Inc. | http://www.interactive.net/