>> On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 10:18 +0800, Hadders wrote: >> > > cd /oldpart; find . -xdev | cpio -padm /newpart >> > > >The cpio command doesn't preserve the timestamp on directories. > >The tar version does: > >cd /oldpart >tar cvf - . | ( cd /newpart ; tar xf -) I thought, that a "cp -a" would do the same.... cu, Joe -- Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Ventker, RHCE eMail joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Schlösserweg 26 phone (+49)(0)2572-87 14 87 D-48282 Emsdetten mobil (+49)(0)170-44 900 14 (pref)