Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 11:37:48 +1000 (EST) From: Enno Davids <nconedd@peppermint.national.com.au> To: forrestc@imach.com (Forrest W. Christian) Cc: sgcccdc@citec.qld.gov.au, danp@erinyes.net, pab@purplecat.net, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail question (sorry if this is the wrong list) Message-ID: <200007280137.LAA15708@peppermint.national.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007271829050.18804-100000@workhorse.iMach.com> from "Forrest W. Christian" at "Jul 27, 0 06:29:48 pm"
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| > > This is even better than moving the files separately... | > | > Is it guaranteed not to stuff up permissions/ownerships? | | Guarantee? You've got to be kidding :) | | I think it is LESS LIKELY to do so. Ordinarily this is why us old timers use tar or cpio. Something like this: cd srcdir ; tar -cf - . | (cd destdir ; tar -xvpf - ) Note the use of the 'p' flag to preserve perms/owners/etc. Enno. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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