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From: Matthias Buelow <mkb@mukappabeta.de>
To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
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Subject: Re: mv vs. tar
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Peter Leftwich writes:

>When moving a large directory (hoping to preserve ALL modification times),
>is it better/smarter to use the "mv" command, or first "tar" the directory
>then "untar" it to the new location?  Some interesting debate to follow...

I prever pax -rw, since you don't have to run the data through a pipe then
(like you would have to with tar cf -|(cd ...; tar xf -).)
I think cpio in pass-through mode is equivalent but haven't verified.

--mkb


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