Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:20:56 -0500 From: "W. D." <WD@US-Webmasters.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Moti Levy <moti@flncs.com> Subject: Re: Copy all files and subdirectories preserving time stamp? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20040823161545.0730a950@209.152.117.178> In-Reply-To: <412A2293.9090808@flncs.com> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20040823115109.04717ec0@209.152.117.178> <5.1.0.14.2.20040823115109.04717ec0@209.152.117.178>
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At 12:00 8/23/2004, Moti Levy wrote: >W. D. wrote: > >>Hi folks, >> >>What would be the way to copy all files and subdirectories >>from one directory to another--preserving the time stamp >>and other attributes? >> >>It seems that 'cp' usually puts a time stamp of the=20 >>current date and time. >> >>Would this work? >> >>cp -r -p -@ /some/source/directory/* /some/target/directory/ >> >> >try using tar , >cd /some/source/directory/ > >tar cfP - *|(cd /some/target/directory/ ; tar xfP - ) Thanks, Moti! I tried this but got an error: tar: You may not specify more than one '-Acdtrux' option So, I googled for: http://www.Google.com/search?q=3Dtar+copy+directories+attributes and found a neat LinuxMafia page. I sucessfully tried this: rsync -av /some/source/directory/ /some/target/directory/ Start Here to Find It Fast!=99 ->= http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-page/ $8.77 Domain Names -> http://domains.us-webmasters.com/
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