Unix Tip: YET ANOTHER DIR COPIER

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Unix Tip 2196 - January 5, 2006

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YET ANOTHER DIR COPIER

To copy the entire contents of a directory while preserving the permissions, times and ownership, use find(1) and cpio(1):

cd /path/to/src/dir
find . | cpio -pdumv /path/to/dest/dir

The cpio(1) options are easy to remember: just say "pee-dum-vee".
HP-UX users may need to add option x: "pee-dum-vee-x".

Some versions of find(1) may require the -print option to actually print out what was found.

Original credit: Hewlett-Packard

Louis Bertrand Durham College

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