Peter S Galbraith wrote: tar cf /path | ( cd other/path ; tar xvf -) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stephen Zander) writes: cd /path; find . | cpio -dump /other/path Why not cp -a /path /other/path
Are there real differences between the three? What about symlinks, hard links, empty dirs, devices? I know, I could read the manuals, but after a first look none of the three seems to do everything right, that's why I am asking. Francesco -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
