On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Patrick M wrote: > Is there a reason for using 'tar' instead of 'cp'? It preserves ownership and symbolic links, for one thing (or 2). Patrick -- Patrick Wiseman pwiseman@mindspring.com Linux user #17943 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org