Re: Copying a whole subdirectory possible?

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Cc: Tim locke <fbsd2002@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Copying a whole subdirectory possible?
From: David Raeker-Jordan <rkrjrdn@epix.net>
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 09:16:29 -0500
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Steve Cooper wrote:

> For the most accurate reproduction of a directory tree consider using
> the tar command:
> 
>     tar cf - . | (cd "$1"; tar xvf -)
> 

I always thought that:

tar cf - . | (cd "$1"; tar xpvf -)

was the correct way. The one time I forgot the -p during extraction, I had
permission problems with several files in /dev. Or maybe that was caused by
some other mistake I made.

-- 
David Raeker-Jordan
mailto:rkrjrdn@epix.net
Harrisburg, PA, USA

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