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Date:      Thu, 13 Mar 1997 11:27:56 -0800 (PST)
From:      Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To:        Lee Crites <adonai@jump.net>
Cc:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, Dan Wolfe <dwolfe@zyga.com>, "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Creating a directory link from one partition to another
Message-ID:  <Pine.UW2.3.95.970313112153.10681G-100000@cedb>
In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19970313155810.006a9ce0@jump.net>

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On Thu, 13 Mar 1997, Lee Crites wrote:
>   cd /source/directory
>   tar -cf - . | ( cd /target/directory ; tar -xvf - )
> 
> I know, I know, the -C says to change to this directory before doing the
> work.  It's a beautiful thing.  And, I assume, it is valid on FreeBSD.  But,
> unfortunately, it is not a *universal* thing.  Since my scripts must work on
> multiple platforms, I can't use it.

This should work every where.

cd /source/dir
find . -depth -print | cpio -pdmv /tar/get/dir

Dan
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