-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 At some point hitherto, Benjamin Scott hath spake thusly: > On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, mike ledoux wrote: > > # tar cBlf - . | (cd /mnt/tmp && tar xBspf -) > > Why not "cp -a"? Are you just used to old-school Unix, or is there > something wrong with "cp" we should know about?
Even on newer Unix systems, IIRC, cp can't handle certain file types, like sockets/fifos, and device files. For that reason, unless one is positive there are none of the above, tar is safer. - -- Derek Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] - --------------------------------------------- I prefer mail encrypted with PGP/GPG! GnuPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D Retrieve my public key at http://pgp.mit.edu Learn more about it at http://www.gnupg.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8Z0ZedjdlQoHP510RAmaXAJ4wYKS0BlRsxDonHZbLSzLS7CiigwCgtXZq f7dPo6tSZtIpzcjg15v7nXk= =OwPv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
