Re: [PLUG] copying a complete system to new HD

[Kevin Falcone <kevinfal@seas.upenn.edu>]

>>>>> "LB" == Luis Baars <luisbaars@hotmail.com> writes:

  LB> On Wed, 5 Jul 2000 04:13:11 -0400 (EDT), Bill wrote:

  >> # cp -a /dirname /mnt/dirname

  LB> Wouldn't it be better to use tar?  When you use cp, file perms,
  LB> owners, and groups get all screwed up....don't they?  I would
  LB> probably use the following command:

Actually, the -a param to GNU cp causes the following (from man cp)

       -a, --archive
              same as -dpR

       -d, --no-dereference
              preserve links

       -p, --preserve
              preserve file attributes if possible

       -R, --recursive
              copy directories recursively

To me, that looks like it should take care of maintaining
permissions.  And, as he said in the snipped part, you could unset
your UMASK, which should prevent permission mangling.

  LB> # tar cf - /dirname | (cd /mnt/dirname; tar xvf -)

Which is similar to what I would use.  I think you want a -p in there
so that you preserve permissions.

-kevin

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Kevin Falcone <kevinfal@seas.upenn.edu>

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