Comments on: Copying files and dirs with tar http://sadevil.org/blog/2008/06/21/copying-files-and-dirs-with-tar/ ... from Diana and Jan ... Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:43:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Kristof http://sadevil.org/blog/2008/06/21/copying-files-and-dirs-with-tar/comment-page-1/#comment-15261 Kristof Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:43:48 +0000 http://sadevil.org/blog/?p=252#comment-15261 IMHO, cpio does this at least as good (and probly. faster) as tar, and has more readable and memorizable syntax : # find . -print | cpio -vdump /destination IMHO, cpio does this at least as good (and probly. faster) as tar, and has more readable and memorizable syntax :

# find . -print | cpio -vdump /destination

]]> By: Jan http://sadevil.org/blog/2008/06/21/copying-files-and-dirs-with-tar/comment-page-1/#comment-12744 Jan Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:25:58 +0000 http://sadevil.org/blog/?p=252#comment-12744 Because you're still fscked with respect to (soft)links. Tar handles that beautifully. Because you’re still fscked with respect to (soft)links. Tar handles that beautifully.

]]> By: Ghosty http://sadevil.org/blog/2008/06/21/copying-files-and-dirs-with-tar/comment-page-1/#comment-12743 Ghosty Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:16:01 +0000 http://sadevil.org/blog/?p=252#comment-12743 Why not use cp with the -p option ? Why not use cp with the -p option ?

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