Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mcvax!enea!liuida!obelix!sven-e From: sven-e@obelix.UUCP (Sven L Eriksson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Sys V does not have a recursive copy cmd... Message-ID: <487@obelix.UUCP> Date: Sun, 4-Jan-87 11:47:04 EST Article-I.D.: obelix.487 Posted: Sun Jan 4 11:47:04 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 6-Jan-87 19:23:10 EST References: <1269@cadovax.UUCP> <1964@ptsfa.UUCP> Reply-To: sven-e@obelix.UUCP (Sven L Eriksson) Organization: University of Linkoping, Sweden Lines: 24 In article <1964@ptsfa.UUCP> jmc@ptsfa.UUCP (Jerry Carlin) writes: >In article <1269@cadovax.UUCP> mitchell@cadovax.UUCP (Mitchell Lerner) writes: >> >>... System V does not have a cp that does recursive copies... > >Try "find . -print|cpio -pduvm /foo/bar/...". > Another way to do this copy is to use tar. (Tape file ARchiver) tar cf - . | (cd todir ; tar xf - ) If you use this command links between files in the tree will be kept. Otherwise it will work exactly as the find|cpio version. Wich version is fastest? -- Sven L Eriksson University of Linkoping Sweden UUCP: {decvax!mcvax,seismo}!enea!liuida!obelix!sven-e ARPA: sven-e@obelix.ida.liu.se