In message <69F0D316-DB61-11D6-A81D-000393970B96 at neurotica.com>
so spake Dave McGuire (mcguire):
> You really want to use a tar pipeline for stuff like that
> anyway...much safer than cp.
>
> # cd <src>
> # tar -cf - . | (cd /<dest>; tar -xvBpf -)
Or, since this is BSD, you should be able to use pax:
# cd <src>
# pax -rw -pe . /<dest>
- todd