cp -ar to external harddrive
jdow
jdow at earthlink.net
Tue Dec 6 09:40:29 UTC 2005
From: "amar_padhi" <amar_padhi at fastmail.fm>
> have you tried cp -pr. The 'p' option keeps the permissions, owner etc.
-a, --archive
same as -dpR
So cp -a covers the cp -ar or cp -pr field quite comprehensively.
(Note that -r is the same as -R for cp.)
{^_-}
>
> On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 07:33 +0000, Bryan Hepworth wrote:
>> Hi Everyone
>>
>> I'm trying to back up /home to an external hard drive (maxtor usb) and
>> wanted to keep the file permissions but when I do a
>>
>> cp -ar /home /media/usb it complains about not being able to do the
>> permissions and they all go across as root instead.
>>
>> Anyone know where I'm going wrong?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Bryan
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