Re: cp -ar question

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Subject: Re: cp -ar question
From: John Pierce <john.j35@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 19:04:14 -0600
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> cp -ar /home /media/usbdisk/

I user cp -R --preserve=all /home /newlocation

Are you doing this for a backup.

John

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