Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 15:45:54 -0600 From: Tillman Hodgson <tillman@seekingfire.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Copying an entire tree Message-ID: <20030821154554.G2526@seekingfire.com> In-Reply-To: <4181120000.1061501034@mccaffrey.phoenix.volant.org>; from patl%2Bfreebsd@volant.org on Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 02:23:54PM -0700 References: <4094160000.1061494205@mccaffrey.phoenix.volant.org> <20030821221928.75908519.nico.meijer@zonnet.nl> <4181120000.1061501034@mccaffrey.phoenix.volant.org>
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On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 02:23:54PM -0700, Pat Lashley wrote: > On Thursday, August 21, 2003 22:19:28 +0200 Nico Meijer > <nico.meijer@zonnet.nl> wrote: > > >> Is there any simple clean way to copy an entire directory tree and > >> preserve both the flags (like schg) AND hard links within the tree? > >> (And, of course, preserve device special nodes, etc.) > > > > Have you looked at rsync? > > No, I hadn't thought of using rsync for a purely local copy. But now > that I've tried it, add it to the list of utilities that lose the flags. > (I'm particularly interested in preserving the schg and nodump flags.) > > So far, the only thing I know of that seems to do everything right > is cvsup. But it's really a bit cumbersome to set up for a one-time > copy. cpdup, perhaps? (/usr/ports/sysutils/cpdup) -T -- The ultimate question: Why does life exist? The answer: For life's sake. - ANONYMOUS, thought to be of Zensunni origin
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