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Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 20:44:23 -0600
From: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org>
To: Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com>
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Subject: Re: Copying a directory hierarchy
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On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 09:02:32PM -0500, Mike Jeays wrote:
> How does on copy a complete directory hierarchy, including any hidden
> files?
> 
My personal favorite, from gtar (formerly tar) man page:

     To move file hierarchies, use a command line like this:

     tar -cf - -C srcdir . | tar xpf - -C destdir

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Regards,
Doug