For you copying try the -a option with cp
As for the /var I suggest you run something like:
cd /var ; for i in * ; do du -s $i ; done
then look for likely candidates, cd to them and rerun to above with the
new directory level.
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On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, Rob B wrote:
> Further to this problem, my /var partition keeps filling up. How can I see
> what is doing this? The system is Debian Potato (2.2r3)
>
> Cheers,
> Rob
>
> At 20:43 24/06/2001, Rob B wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I have a directory of files (ip accounting data) that I want to move to
> >another directory. If possible, how can I do this while keeping the
> >creation date etc the same?
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Rob
> >
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