Steve Wray wrote:
tar cf - * | ( cd ../2 ; tar xvf - )
That doesn't need a -p option? ie
I tend to use 'tar --numeric-owner -cf' as well, just in case.

I've never used the -p flag but it's always preserved the numerics just fine. That's Slackware and Fedora, probably others. Couldn't hurt to use it, though.

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