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On Wednesday 27 March 2002 20:13, patrick grantham wrote:
> I will be adding a harddrive and I want to move content in and below /home
> to the new drive. I am concerned with what happens to the file attributes.
> How can I move files and folders and preserve the user and group ownership
> and the existing file access?
# find /home -print | cpio -pumdv /newhome
from man cpio:
-d, --make-directories
Create leading directories where needed.
-m, --preserve-modification-time
Retain previous file modification times when creat
ing files.
-p, --pass-through
Run in copy-pass mode. [fancy way to say read STDIN]
-u, --unconditional
Replace all files, without asking whether to
replace existing newer files with older files.
-v, --verbose
HTH!
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