Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!haven!adm!xadmx!rbj@dsys.ncsl.nist.gov From: rbj@dsys.ncsl.nist.gov (Root Boy Jim) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: chown (was: at files and permissions) Message-ID: <20461@adm.BRL.MIL> Date: 31 Jul 89 21:41:43 GMT Sender: news@adm.BRL.MIL Lines: 16 ? From: Peter da Silva ? When I type 'cd //oldsys/path; find . -print | cpio -pvd //newsys/path' ? I want file ownerships to be maintained. Great. Do it as root. Tar only does this as root. ? Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation. ? Business: peter@ficc.uu.net, +1 713 274 5180. | "A char, a short int, and ? Personal: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com. `-_-' | an int bit-field were walking ? Quote: Have you hugged your wolf today? 'U` | through the forest..." ESIG2WIDE. Root Boy Jim Have GNU, Will Travel.