Re: tar, cpio, or cp?

[dpk <dpk@egr.msu.edu>]

I don't know if this works under Linux, but under Solaris we (egr)
have used dump to do this.  I would try using dump of a filesystem
to another filesystem.  I'm no authority on this... so please
dispute me if I'm crazy.

Thanks,
Dennis
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On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, Alex Yukhimets wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> 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.
> 
> I am aware of 3 ways: 
> tar cpfl - dir1 | tar -C dir2 -xpf -
> find dir1 -xdev -print | cpio -p -admu dir2
> cp -ax dir1 dir2
> 
> Which one is considered to be safer, faster, etc?
> 
> thanks.
> 
> Alex Y.
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