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From: evans@testmax.ZK3.DEC.COM (Marc Evans Ultrix Q/A)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Recursive copy
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Date: 4 Dec 89 13:13:53 GMT
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Reply-To: evans@testmax.ZK3.DEC.COM (Marc Evans Ultrix Q/A)
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I can think of a couple of different ways to solve your problem.

Option 1:

cd $directory_to_copy
cpio -padvm . $target_directory_name

Option 2:

cd $directory_to_copy
tar cf - | (cd $target_directory_name && tar xvf -)

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