I had not attempted the "-a" or "--preserve=all" options with special nodes. I guess I'm biased towards dumps, since they are most exacting for the file system.
----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Adams <cmad...@hiwaay.net> Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 10:45 AM With RHEL5, cp -a gets everything, including timestamps, device nodes, symbolic links, ACLs, SELinux and other extended attributes, etc. _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list rhelv5-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list