[olug] Unix Tip: YET ANOTHER DIR COPIER

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			Unix Tip 1831 - January  5, 2003

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YET ANOTHER DIR COPIER

To copy the entire contents of a 
directory while preserving the 
permissions, times and ownership, 
use find(1) and cpio(1):

cd /path/to/src/dir
find . | cpio -pdumv /path/to/dest/dir

The cpio(1) options are easy 
to remember: just say "pee-dum-vee".
HP-UX users may need to add 
option x: "pee-dum-vee-x".

Some versions of find(1) may require 
the -print option to actually print 
out what was found.

Original credit: Hewlett-Packard

Louis Bertrand
Durham College


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