Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 12:53:03 -0400 From: "Passki, Jonathan P" <jpasski@kpmg.com> To: "'martian@t-online.de'" <martian@t-online.de>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: how to copy directory and contents? Message-ID: <7799D023E51ED311BFB50008C75DD7B40223B2D3@uschiexc05.kweb.us.kpmg.com>
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> Or I find doing this very common command helpful on large data moves: > cd /<source_dir_and_all_below_it> I don't mean you have to cd to every directory below the source, just the source. It will copy all contents from the source on. Sorry about any confusion :/ > tar cf - . | (cd /<remote_dir>; tar xf -) > > It'll may beat up on the processor and memory, and if it > doesn't swap too > much, I think it would transfer less data in the move because of the > tarring. This saves wear and tear on your drives and disk system. > > Jon > > ***************************************************************************** The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. When addressed to our clients any opinions or advice contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing KPMG client engagement letter. ***************************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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