topic Re: cp files in Operating System - HP-UX

cp files

TRUONG — Mon, 05 Jun 2000 12:42:32 GMT

Hello,
I would like to copy all files under a big directory (1,5 Gb) to another directory but it did not work with cp -r dir/* target. Does someone know ? manpage cp can not help me.

Thanks

Re: cp files

Andreas Voss — Mon, 05 Jun 2000 12:50:05 GMT

Hi,

try the combination of find and cpio:

cd
find . -depth | cpio -pmdv

Greetings

Andrew

Re: cp files

Rick Garland — Mon, 05 Jun 2000 13:04:39 GMT

Do the cpio as described. You will also keep the ownerships when doing the cp.

Re: cp files

Michael Lampi — Mon, 05 Jun 2000 16:42:24 GMT

Another method is
cd source_dir;tar cf - * | (cd destination_dir;tar xfp -)

Re: cp files

keh — Tue, 06 Jun 2000 05:08:12 GMT

Try this if you copy files across harddisk
ufsdump 0f - /dir_1 | (cd /dir_2; ufsrestore xf -)