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[Jeff Abbott <address@concealed>]

On May 15, 2006, at 4:09 PM, Scott Johnson wrote:

> Yup, it was the sticky bit that got me. Apparently a simple "cp sympa
> sympabak -R" is not enough to REALLY make a quick backup of a complex
> directory structure. The permissions blew up, and it took quite a  
> bit of
> work to get it all back. Every time I think I have linux all  
> figured out, I
> step on another landmine...

This is why I always use cp -a (assuming it's GNU cp), which is the  
same as -dpR (and usually -pR on non-GNU implementations of cp, as I  
recall).

Hope that helps.

Jeff

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