Does cp -a also preserve permissions? If not, you'll want to use -p as well. I can't try it since I'm not at a Linux box at the moment.
Cheers, Paul J. Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Oliver Lange [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 16 November 2003 4:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] moving to new partition Jason Stubbs wrote: > I did a test and it works fine. The command you'll want is: > cp -a /mnt/gentoo/var/* /mnt/gentoo/newvar > > Be aware, however, that this will probably not copy .* files in the top-level > directory, in this case /mnt/gentoo/var. > That's it. Becomes a habit to thank you. :) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
