[plug] Debian & tar problem ...

[John Summerfield]

> I'm trying to copy chunks of my system onto another drive, to free up space o
> n
> /, and I've been using, from the new dir:
> 
> tar cvfl - | tar xfp -
> 
> This "copies" the stuff, but all directories are not being created with the
> correct ownership. I *think* it may be because most/all dirs (this is the
> /home volume), are group + s attribute. Could this be confusing tar??
> 
> Are there any other ways to do the copy correctly, and keep ALL information??

cp -a

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