On Wed, 4 Mar 2015, Raf Czlonka wrote:
> Hi Lee,
>
> I was meant to mention it but given the issues the OP had with (seemingly)
> simple 'tar' syntax, I did not want to get into explaining yet another
> tool (i.e. trailing slash, etc.). Besides, it's not in base.
>
> Regards,
>
> Raf
>
Raf,
No issue there, .. but rsync is much better than anything IN base for
file synchronization (cross-filesystem, works over ssh [et al], properly
handles permissions and hardlinks, . ). If there is an issue installing
packages I would think that should probably be addressed first.
Lee