simon wrote: > Dear All, > > i need to copy mail files from my REDHAT Linux old server to my CENTOS new > server > > these files in mbox formay in/var/mail directory > > i need to preserve permissions as well the the modification date n time > > i tried using scp it works fine but i can the file permissions r not > preserved but the date n time is preserved use tar, tar them up into one big file, then scp that file across, then untar them. Cheers, Michael