On Fri, Nov 21, 1997 at 01:40:51PM -0500, Alex Yukhimets wrote:
> Does anyone know the best way to copy a huge directory tree (~1Gig)
> to another disk (mounted at some point)? I need to preserve the
> ownerships and permissions, preservation of times are optional.
You can try :
(cd dir1 && tar cv *) | (cd dir2 && tar xf -)
which preserves everything (dunno about times however).
olive
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