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From: Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th>
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Subject: Re: Copying a file system w/ tar - symbolic links not copied right.
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>  I'm trying to move a file system from one disk to another, and when I do
> this:

I think that the way to go is:

tar cf - /source/* | ( cd /destination && tar xfvBp - )

Note the Bp at the end of the extract tar.

olivier