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Old 04-29-2008
copy a fs with the same privileges

Hi All,

I use "cp -R /fs/* /newfs" and I can copy everything except it won't have the files/directories the same privileges.

Is there a trick to this without using a software-backup.

Thanks in advance,
itik
# 2  
Old 04-29-2008
the command is like this "cp -R -p -h /fs/* /newfs"

forgot it already...

Last edited by itik; 04-30-2008 at 02:49 PM..
# 3  
Old 05-07-2008
cpio

try

cd orig_dir
find . -print | cpio -pudl /dest_dir
# 4  
Old 05-08-2008
or:

Code:
# cd /old/fs
# tar -cf - | (cd /new/fs ; tar -xf - )


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