Tested under bash: cd /oldhome tar cfl - * | (cd /newhome; tar xf -) On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 10:36:57PM -0500, Justin Haaheim wrote: > when I do that, i still get messages like: > > cp: cannot create symbolic link `.emacs': Operation not permitted > > (.emacs is a symbolic link in /home/justin/ that points to a mounted > network drive (/home/justin/solen-home) which is symlinked from > /mnt/solen-home) > > > > Tom Penney wrote: > >On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 20:55, Florin Iucha wrote: > > > >>cp -ax /oldhome/* /newhome > > > > > > > >On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 20:18, Tom Penney wrote: > > > >># cp -dprvx /home/justin /mnt/hdb3/justin > > > > > > > >-a equals -dpr I know, it is just easier to remember. florin -- "NT is to UNIX what a doughnut is to a particle accelerator." -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20030421/c082f13d/attachment.pgp