[rescue] Doh!

[Walter Belgers]

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 -)

You really really want a cpio.

# cd <src>
# find . -depth | cpio -pdmV <dest>

Tar may have problems with devices, named pipes etc.

Cheers,
Walter.
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