Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ateng!chip
From: chip@ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Recursive copy
Message-ID: <2569CAFE.12050@ateng.com>
Date: 21 Nov 89 22:23:57 GMT
References: <21495@adm.BRL.MIL>
Organization: A T Engineering, Tampa, FL
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According to Kemp@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL:
>Just for the record, is there *any* way to do a recursive copy
>correctly?  I.e.  one that doesn't:
>
> * turn symbolic links into actual files
> * turn link loops into a series of infinitely nested copies
> * alter the modify and change times
> * choke on block and character special files
> * turn holes in sparse files into real disk blocks

If you've got SCO Xenix, "copy -rom" will copy special files correctly and
preserve access and modification times.
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