[plug] tar vs cp -r

[Quintin Lette]

hmmm, I often do, but sometimes you don't have control over these things :D
(think global standards)


On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 09:49:06 +0800, Mike Holland
<myk.list at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> Quintin Lette wrote:
> >  solaris, as with most unix variants,
> > does not have gnu cp and therefore the -a switch,
> 
> Not out of the box! But one of the first things to do to Solaris
> is to install the full GNU suite.
> 
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