Thank you both for your replies. I see the reference to the destination (using cpio/afio), but how am I establishing the source, by running the command from the source? Thank you. ----- Original Message ---- From: Jim Canfield <jcanfield@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2007 2:02:24 PM Subject: Re: Maintaining Ownership When Copying Files and Directories Matthijs.Sneijders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > i always like: > find . -depth -print |cpio -pdmuv "destination" > > but also > rsync -azu source target > > I like it too. For "safer" file level compression use you could also use afio: find . -depth -print |afio -o -v -Z "destination" -Jim -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
