Date: 26 Feb 2001 14:30:58 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cp -pPR Message-ID: <44lmqtfdhp.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: fscked@pacbell.net's message of "26 Feb 2001 06:05:37 %2B0100" References: <000d01c09f99$9d05f580$0400a8c0@vectra> <3A99E388.FAC483AC@pacbell.net>
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fscked@pacbell.net (richard childers) writes: > # cd /src/dir > # tar cf - . | ( cd /target/dir; tar xvBpf - ) > > (This is from memory; tar(1) flags change from epoch to epoch, so trust > but verify. :-) > > Or did I misunderstand the question? I suspect you did; it involved file flags, which tar won't completely get right either. I'm not sure if cpio will, either, although I don't think so. To be honest, cp(1) (which was the approach taken by the original poster) is *supposed* to get file flags right, but I can't figure out, in a *very* quick look at the relevant code, how that's supposed to work. I can't reproduce the original poster's problem, either; "cp -p" copies uchg flags for me; I didn't actually try with schg... > Richard A. Childers > Senor UNIX Administrator "That's *MISTER* UNIX Administrator to you, Anglo!" - Lowell Gilbert -- - checks business card to see if "senior" is in current job title - remembers specifically asking for job title to be left off business card - tries to remember where employment contract is... - discovers boss doesn't know job title either - decides not to call HR just for a silly .sig footnote on freebsd-questions To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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