Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 03:20:23 +0200 From: Matthias Buelow <mkb@mukappabeta.de> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: Re: mv vs. tar Message-ID: <20020530012023.GB593@altair.mukappabeta.net> In-Reply-To: <20020529210249.J77775-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> References: <20020529210249.J77775-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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