[olug] Unix Tip: MOVING FILES WITH CPIO

[Brian Wiese]

Whats the big purpose with using cpio, why not just "cp -xpvr /old /new"?

       -x, --one-file-system
              stay on this file system
       -p     same as --preserve=mode,ownership,timestamps
       -R, -r, --recursive
              copy directorie       
       -v, --verbose
              explain what is being dones recursively  ?? necessary?

What does cpio buy you?  Does anyone ever use it? =)

On Mon, 7 Apr 2003 12:16:19 -0700
Unix Guru Universe <listserv at ugu.com> wrote:

|MOVING FILES WITH CPIO
|
|If you have a multitude of 
|files to move from one 
|directory or filesystem to 
|another, here's a one liner:
|
|# find /old_directory -depth | cpio -pdmv /new_directory
|
|This will move all of the 
|files under the specified 
|old_directory to the 
|new_directory, keeping the 
|same ownership, permissions, 
|and directory structure.


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