This is why I thought my brain storm of using MC to tag/untag directories was the ticket with the retain UID/GID set. Ofcourse since it didn't keep the permissions of the directories this was a bite in the ass.
However! If you use mc to tag/untag the proper directories and type "cp -a [^C t] /mnt" (^ is CTRL not the character and /mnt is wherever you want it.) in the command line, it works like a charm on symlinks and permissions. Moves the entire directory structure that you tag. On Wed, 7 May 1997, Robert D. Hilliard wrote: > On Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 "David B. Teague" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 6 May 1997, Robert D. Hilliard wrote: > > > > > cp -ax certainly is much simpler than using find and cpio. Is > > > there any option to cp (I can't find one) that would keep it from > > > copying /proc, like the -prune option in find? > > > > Isn't /proc a mounted file system, even if it is a pseudo file system? > > Doesn't that make x option (which prevents other mounted file systems > > from being copied) the solution to this problem? > > Apparently not. I made a directory /newproc and tried cp with > the following results: > > root:vc-6:~>cp -a -x /proc /newproc > root:vc-6:~>du -s /proc > 0 /proc > root:vc-6:~>du -s /newproc > 23936 /newproc > > I stopped the copy with ^C when I got tired of watching it sit > there, so /newproc might have grown larger if I had more patience. > > > Actualy, I'm a lot more concerned with the problem of recursive copy in > > something like. > > cp -ax / /mnt :( > > > > Seems that booting a rescue disk to do the actual copying is a solution. > > The x option _should_ prevent copying /mnt. Before I learned > about the -mount option in find, I once tried a find/cpio file > transfer and was part way through the second copy of /mnt when the > disk became full! > > I have a small rescue partition that I have booted to copy one > file system to another, and a rescue disk would do the same job. > > Bob > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > TIA, --Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
