Re: permissions on /var
On Wed, Feb 23, 2000 at 10:54:42AM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>
> One option is to use tar through a pipe:
>
> Moving from /somedir to /otherdir:
>
> cd /somedir
> tar cvf - . | ( cd otherdir; tar xvf - )
>
> ...not sure why I prefer this (I'm an old fart, I guess), but it
> preserves links and file permissions in a good way.
you should use the -p switch on those tars too, it may not be needed
on pipes but never hurts to be carefull.. i use this method too,
except im even more obnoxious with it :)
(cd /somedir; tar -cvpf - .) | (cd /otherdir; tar -xvpf -)
> ...it's also a good idea to at least to a quick visual analysis of the
> results and compare target to source before blowing away the original.
definitly.
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