Pario TechnoBlob » copy http://pario.no A cronological documentation test project, nothing serious, really! Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:17:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Copy files using tar http://pario.no/2009/01/23/copy-files-using-tar/ http://pario.no/2009/01/23/copy-files-using-tar/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:04:34 +0000 Hans-Henry Jakobsen http://pario.no/?p=906 This is a oneliner to copy files from current directory to another target directory using tar, preserving file attributes, dates etc.

#!/bin/sh

fromdir=/path/from
todir=/path/to/target

echo "cd $fromdir; tar cf - . | (cd $todir; tar xpf -)"

cd $fromdir; tar cf - . | (cd $todir; tar xpf -)
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