tar fs copy

[Geoff Kuenning]

In article <169 at daab.UUCP> lasse at daab.UUCP (Lars Hammarstrand) writes:

>Why doesn't anybody write a GOOD AND PORTABLE cptree(1) with some flags
>like this....	(It shall manage to copy special files too)

[list of features follows]

AT&T did, a while ago.  It's called cpio.  Most of your suggested features
are supported directly;  the rest are easy with 'find' and 'comm' pipes.
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	Geoff Kuenning
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