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To: thierry.herbelot@alcatel.fr, Kent Ho <kent@graffiti.net>
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Subject: Re: Fastest way to Transfer data from HD to HD?
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At 02:18 AM 6/22/1999 , Thierry Herbelot wrote:
>You can also use "tar -cvf - <existing dir> | (cd <new dir>; tar xf -)"

I prefer "tar -c -C<originaldir> -f - . | tar -xvp -C<targetdir> -f -"

I stick the "v" on the extracting tar so I see which files were actually
put there. I also stick a "p" on the extracting tar to preserve permissions.

--Ludwig Pummer ( ludwigp@bigfoot.com ) ICQ UIN: 692441


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