From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 1 20: 7:32 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75DE937B401 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 20:07:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net (scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.49]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D84E43E6E for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 20:07:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from parv_fm@mailsent.net) Received: from sdn-ap-020dcwashp0292.dialsprint.net ([63.191.137.38] helo=moo.holy.cow) by scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17wZr8-0006CJ-00; Tue, 01 Oct 2002 20:07:23 -0700 Received: by moo.holy.cow (Postfix, from userid 1001) id C6344B299; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 23:10:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 23:10:00 -0400 From: parv To: Tim Peters Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Copying directories contents Message-ID: <20021002031000.GA12548@moo.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: Tim Peters , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200210010955.35018.akbeech@anchoragerescue.org> <20021002003636.GA72811@adelaide.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021002003636.GA72811@adelaide.edu.au> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG in message <20021002003636.GA72811@adelaide.edu.au>, wrote Tim Peters thusly... > > # pax -rw /source /destination > > probably because it's not very portable - i only see pax(1) on > freebsd machines here. fwiw, i noticed pax on IBM OS/390; it's also available from att research -- who also brought to you the kornshell. -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message