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Old 09-23-2015
How to preserve time stamp while copying a directory from Server B to Server A?
Experts,

Please help me out here.

How to preserve time stamp while copying a directory from Server B to Server A
# 2  
Old 09-23-2015
Use the tar command:

Code:
# ServerA:
cd mydirectory
tar -cvf /tmp/my.tar .
scp /tmp/my.tar ServerB::/tmp/my.tar

#  ServerB:
mkdir /path/to/newdirectory
cd /path/to/newdirectory
tar xf /tmp/my.tar

# 3  
Old 09-23-2015
man scp:
Quote:
-p Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the original file.
# 4  
Old 09-23-2015
What about rsync?

Code:
cd /home/myuser/mydata
rsync -av * username@otherserver:/home/myuser/mydata

If you already have public/private key authentication set up you won't need to type a password.
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