[rescue] Quicky Solaris Question

[Kevin Loch]

Dave McGuire wrote:
> On Nov 26, 2003, at 2:03 PM, Joshua Boyd wrote:
> 
>> what is the solaris equivelent way to do linux's cp -a, copy recursively
>> preserving attributes?  cp -R -p@?
> 
> 
> # cd src
> # tar -cf - . | (cd /dest; tar -xvBpf -)
> 

Or if it's on a different machine:

tar cvf -  . | ssh -l <username> <machine> "cd /dest; tar xvpf -"

Works faster than nfs sometimes.