Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 15:13:17 +1000 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: "W. D." <WD@US-Webmasters.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Copy all files and subdirectories preserving time stamp? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1040824150111.24318A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <20040823203548.85C5316A515@hub.freebsd.org>
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Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 74, Issue 3 Message: 14 > What would be the way to copy all files and subdirectories > from one directory to another--preserving the time stamp > and other attributes? > > It seems that 'cp' usually puts a time stamp of the > current date and time. > > Would this work? > > cp -r -p -@ /some/source/directory/* /some/target/directory/ # cp -pR dir1 dir2 works for me. See the note in 'man cp' re hard linked files, though. Ian
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