16 Jun
2003
16 Jun
'03
12:53 p.m.
Neil Marjoram n.marjoram@vam.ac.uk writes:
Isn't it best to use a tar ?
cd /olddirectory tar cvf - . | (cd /newdirectory ; tar xvf - )
Will put everything across and keep perms / times etc
Why bother when mv does the job faster and more simply?