On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 18:47:51 +0200, Roman Melihhov <roman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I want to mounts new hard drive as a /home, but how do I copy files from > old /home with permissions and ownership preserved cp -Rv * would copy > recursively, but how to preserve ownership and permissions on files. I've always used find and cpio to copy large directory trees: $ cd <src> $ find . -depth -print | cpio -pdmv <dest> filling in the appropriate pathnames for <src> and <dest>. -Mark.
