23 Jan 2009 Copy files using tar
Posted by Hans-Henry Jakobsen
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 -)
