netbsd-help: Re: Upgrading (replacing) hard drive

Subject: Re: Upgrading (replacing) hard drive
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 09/26/2001 09:41:33

On 2001年9月26日, Claude Marinier wrote:
> Actually, what Phil suggests might work since he first creates mount
> points and mounts all the partitions. Will cp preserve the ownership
> and permissions?
Not with just the "-R" option (as shown in the other email). Also use the
"-p" option to preserve the modification time, etc.
On 2001年9月26日, Matthias Pretzer wrote:
> Will cp copy symlinks, fifos...?
It does copy symlinks.
The -p option by itself doesn't copy fifos, but with the "-R" it does copy
fifos.
 $ mkfifo test-fifo
 $ cp test-fifo test-fifo2
 ^C
 $ cp -p test-fifo test-fifo2
 ^C
 $ cp -pR test-fifo test-fifo2
 $ ls -l test-fifo*
 prw-r--r-- 1 reed wheel 0 Sep 26 09:39 test-fifo
 prw-r--r-- 1 reed wheel 0 Sep 26 09:39 test-fifo2
(This is cp from 1.5.1_BETA i386.)
 Jeremy C. Reed
 http://www.reedmedia.net/