> On Sat, 2004-03-20 at 16:59, Robert wrote: > > I have a hard drive containing archived stuff accumulated since Oct '99 > > (RH6.0) that is beginning to get errors. I need to get that stuff copied > > to another drive in another machine. The two machines are networked, so > > copying is no problem. The problem I'm having is finding a way to > > preserve ownership, permissions and date/time. I've looked at rcp, ftp, > > ftpcp, ftpcopy, wget, smbclient and some others whose names escape me > > and haven't found (or have overlooked!) a way to preserve the attributes. > > > > Any suggestions? > > tar should do what you need (as was posted elsewhere), but you need the -p (or --preserve-permissions, if you like long options) option to preserve permissions. You can direct the output over a network, to a tape or whatever you have. Erik
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