On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 12:48:34AM -0500, sean finney wrote: > heya, > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 05:11:08PM +1300, Richard Hector wrote: > > tar -c --atime-preserve -l usr |tar -C /spareide -x -v --atime-preserve > > --preserve --same-owner > > may i suggest a less confusing alternative: > > rsync -a usr/ /spareide
Yes, thanks - with the addition of -x (cf -l for tar) because I didn't want /usr/local (sep filesystem), that's more or less what I did. I also remounted /usr read-only. The only thing I couldn't find was an equivalent to the "--atime-preserve" switch - perhaps rsync does that by default? Many thanks, Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]