> > Mark Kilmartin <mrk at renre-europe.com> writes:
> >
> > > tar cpsSf - . |(cd /mnt/new && tar xvpsSf -)
> >
> > Heavy duty! Very cool...
>> What's so bad about using "cp -avf" instead, except for the possibility
> that "cp" on the platform in question may not support "-av" of course?
Probably nothing, I found the above using google.
Please forgive me but a quick man tar on a RH6.2 box here does not reveal
the -a option.
> I think this was discussed before but it's been a quiet morning on the
> list so far :)
It probably was discussed before.
I think it is the sort of question(the disscusion of tar) which pops up a
couple of times a year and I think it is usually resolved with the answer
of use what ever incantation that works for you and you are happy
using. ;)
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