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Date:      Wed, 7 Apr 2004 10:11:59 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Konrad Heuer <kheuer2@gwdg.de>
To:        Jerry Hatok <jerryhatok@verizon.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: howto 
Message-ID:  <20040407101028.X30924@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
In-Reply-To: <000801c41c77$35828a50$2e01a8c0@Craig>
References:  <000801c41c77$35828a50$2e01a8c0@Craig>

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On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Jerry Hatok wrote:

> Hello,
>
>    I am trying to copy files from a cd I have into my usr directory.
> The cd has one directory with a lot of subdirectories and files.  Is
> there a command that I can copy everything at once? If so what is it?
> If not what would you suggest being the fastest way to copy everything?

cd /to/target/directory
tar cCf /cdrom - . | tar xvpf -

Regards
Konrad Heuer



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