How does one copy a path, preserving permissions, timestamp, and ownership?
I have a path like so: ./t1/a/b/c/d/e/ with each folder in the tree having numerous files. I would like to copy the path without copying the files so that I have two identical paths with different roots: ./t1/a/b/c/d/e/ ./t2/a/b/c/d/e/ The paths are identical, i.e. have the same permissions, timestamp, and ownership. One way to do this is to use rsync followed by an rm: rsync -va ./t1/ ./t2/ find ./t2 -not -type d | xargs rm but it seems silly to create a copy of a large number of files only to remove them. Thoughts? Regards, - Robert -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
