Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 09:04:57 -0700 From: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> To: thierry.herbelot@alcatel.fr, Kent Ho <kent@graffiti.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fastest way to Transfer data from HD to HD? Message-ID: <4.1.19990622090212.00a789b0@mail-r> In-Reply-To: <376F54DC.1F08FA24@telspace.alcatel.fr> References: <19990622084853.2191.qmail@graffiti.net>
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At 02:18 AM 6/22/1999 , Thierry Herbelot wrote: >You can also use "tar -cvf - <existing dir> | (cd <new dir>; tar xf -)" I prefer "tar -c -C<originaldir> -f - . | tar -xvp -C<targetdir> -f -" I stick the "v" on the extracting tar so I see which files were actually put there. I also stick a "p" on the extracting tar to preserve permissions. --Ludwig Pummer ( ludwigp@bigfoot.com ) ICQ UIN: 692441 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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