From: "amar_padhi" <amar_padhi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
have you tried cp -pr. The 'p' option keeps the permissions, owner etc.
-a, --archive
same as -dpR
So cp -a covers the cp -ar or cp -pr field quite comprehensively.
(Note that -r is the same as -R for cp.)
{^_-}
On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 07:33 +0000, Bryan Hepworth wrote:
Hi Everyone
I'm trying to back up /home to an external hard drive (maxtor usb) and
wanted to keep the file permissions but when I do a
cp -ar /home /media/usb it complains about not being able to do the
permissions and they all go across as root instead.
Anyone know where I'm going wrong?
Thanks
Bryan
