RE: Re[2]: [coLinux-devel] Some problems....

[Ian L. <Ian...@mq...>]

In my tests (RH7.2) "cp -R" did maintain attributes and symlinks (I end up
with a correct /dev/*).  And I'm not sure that ISOFS support symlinks?


----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bjorn Sodergren" <sw...@in...>
>To: "'Ian Latter'" <Ian...@mq...>, "'3DoFF'" <3D...@ma...>
>Subject:  RE: Re[2]: [coLinux-devel] Some problems....
>Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 18:52:53 -0600
>
> One little minor correction, 
> 
> You would probably want to use -a instead of -R , which will preserve any
> attributes and symlinks
> 
> >      # copy the contents from the old to the new
> >      cd newfs
> >      cp -R ../oldfs/* .
> 
> 
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