Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/12/84; site desint.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!desint!geoff From: geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: tar fs copy Message-ID: <136@desint.UUCP> Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 20:25:07 EST Article-I.D.: desint.136 Posted: Wed Oct 30 20:25:07 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Nov-85 12:49:38 EST References: <2892@sun.uucp> <313@codas.UUCP> <169@daab.UUCP> Reply-To: geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning) Organization: SAH Consulting, Manhattan Beach, CA Lines: 13 In article <169@daab.UUCP> lasse@daab.UUCP (Lars Hammarstrand) writes: >Why doesn't anybody write a GOOD AND PORTABLE cptree(1) with some flags >like this.... (It shall manage to copy special files too) [list of features follows] AT&T did, a while ago. It's called cpio. Most of your suggested features are supported directly; the rest are easy with 'find' and 'comm' pipes. -- Geoff Kuenning {hplabs,ihnp4}!trwrb!desint!geoff