Matt Hyclak wrote: > On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 02:11:23PM +0100, Tom Brown enlightened us: >> Using tar i normally create an archive etc and then unpack that archive, >> job done. >> >> But i am copying from one filesystem to another on the same host, they >> are 2 seperate nfs filesystems, and i wonder is it possible to use tar >> to do this as opposed to say rsync etc. >> >> tar -cvf /some/input/dir to/here etc ? >> > > I believe it goes something like: > > cd /some/input/dir > tar cvf - . | (cd /to/here; tar xvf -) > > Matt > Or you could think "outside the tar box" and use cpio: cd /some/input/dir find . | cpio -pmvd /some/destination/dir "-p" invokes the "passthru" mode, which is great for doing filesystem-to-filesystem copies. cpio seems to have been installed on just about every CentOS, Fedora, and RH system I've used in the last several years. See the manpage for more info! -- Jay Leafey - Memphis, TN jay.leafey at mindless.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 5177 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070607/ea49939d/attachment-0004.bin>