10-07-2010
The ususal method is to use for example "find . -xdev -type d -print" piped to for example "cpio -pdmv /target_dir" . This does not require an intermediate archive (it writes directly to the target directory) and is just about the fastest way to copy a directory tree complete with permissions.
There are examples in both "man cpio" and "man find" . I haven't posted a formal example because there is some variation and we don't know what Operating System you have.
Be very cautious of the DGPickett post. You MUST use relative pathnames for this sort of operation.
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cpio.h
cpio.h(3HEAD) Headers cpio.h(3HEAD)
NAME
cpio.h, cpio - cpio archive values
SYNOPSIS
#include <cpio.h>
DESCRIPTION
Values needed by the c_mode field of the cpio archive format are described as follows:
Name Description
-----------------------------------------------------------
C_IRUSR Read by owner
C_IWUSR Write by owner
C_IXUSR Execute by owner
C_IRGRP Read by group
C_IWGRP Write by group
C_IXGRP Execute by group
C_IROTH Read by others
C_IWOTH Write by others
C_IXOTH Execute by others
C_ISUID Set user ID
C_ISGID Set group ID
C_ISVTX On directories, restricted deletion flag
C_ISDIR Directory
C_ISFIFO FIFO
C_ISREG Regular file
C_ISBLK Block special
C_ISCHR Character special
C_ISCTG Reserved
C_ISLNK Symbolic link
C_ISSOCK Socket
The header defines the symbolic constant:
MAGIC "070707"
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Standard |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
pax(1), attributes(5), standards(5)
SunOS 5.11 10 Sep 2004 cpio.h(3HEAD)