Ken Bloom wrote:
(cd /src-dir; tar cf - *) | (cd /target-dir; tar xpf -)
p is the flag to preserve permissions when extracting.
Thanks - that looks like what I'd seen out on the web. I've tested it,
and while it's slow, it seems to be copying the files across with the
proper file dates. (It is changing the user/group settings to the
userid/groupid of the shell I'm logged in with -- but my users are all
members of that group, so this should not be a problem.)
One additional question; how would I tweak the above statement so that I
can copy a select handful of directories on the source, and have that
directory structure show up on the target? From my dim memories of
shell scripting I think it would be:
( for loop -- list directory M[6-7]0[1-7] into a variable {the 'm'
directories are the only ones I'm concerned with})
--> (pass variable {w} directory name into the command above--for
both the source and target directories).
Like I said; It's been a while since I've done any shell scripting - and
then mostly for an ARC intro to scripting class. Is that logic on the
right track? Is there a simpler way to do it?
Thanks!
Richard B.
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