Re: [tlug] The Mother of All (bash) Commands

[Joe Larabell <fred62@example.com>]

> Closely related is a fast and easy way to copy directory trees while
> preserving permissions:
>    (cd /src ; tar -cf - .) | (cd /dst ; tar -xvpf -)

So long as dst isn't a symlink to src ;-)...

(Yes, I did that once without thinking. It resulted in a tree full of 
zero-length files -- with permissions properly preserved. Besides, if 
both paths are on the same machine, doesn't 'cp -a' do just as well?)

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