chip@ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) (11/22/89)
According to Kemp@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL: >Just for the record, is there *any* way to do a recursive copy >correctly? I.e. one that doesn't: > > * turn symbolic links into actual files > * turn link loops into a series of infinitely nested copies > * alter the modify and change times > * choke on block and character special files > * turn holes in sparse files into real disk blocks If you've got SCO Xenix, "copy -rom" will copy special files correctly and preserve access and modification times. -- You may redistribute this article only to those who may freely do likewise. Chip Salzenberg at A T Engineering; <chip@ateng.com> or <uunet!ateng!chip> "Did I ever tell you the Jim Gladding story about the binoculars?"
evans@testmax.ZK3.DEC.COM (Marc Evans Ultrix Q/A) (12/04/89)
I can think of a couple of different ways to solve your problem.
Option 1:
cd $directory_to_copy
cpio -padvm . $target_directory_name
Option 2:
cd $directory_to_copy
tar cf - | (cd $target_directory_name && tar xvf -)
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