On Wednesday, October 9, 2002, at 09:30 AM, Dave McGuire wrote: > > You really want to use a tar pipeline for stuff like that > anyway...much safer than cp. > > # cd <src> > # tar -cf - . | (cd /<dest>; tar -xvBpf -) Or a find/cpio pipeline :) # cd <src> # find . -depth -print | cpio -pdumv /<dest> Mick Sheppard ---- Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot.