2008/06/21/copying-files-and-dirs-with-tar/

[jdeluyck]

2008/06/21/copying-files-and-dirs-with-tar/

Copying files and dirs with tar
https://kcore.org/2008/06/21/copying-files-and-dirs-with-tar/

[jdeluyck]

Originally posted by Ghosty on 2008-06-21T19:16:01Z

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Why not use cp with the -p option ?

[jdeluyck]

Because you're still fscked with respect to (soft)links. Tar handles that beautifully.

[jdeluyck]

Originally posted by Kristof on 2008-08-25T07:43:48Z

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IMHO, cpio does this at least as good (and probly. faster) as tar, and has more readable and memorizable syntax :

find . -print | cpio -vdump /destination