Steve Wray wrote:
>> tar cf - * | ( cd ../2 ; tar xvf - )
> That doesn't need a -p option? ie
> I tend to use 'tar --numeric-owner -cf' as well, just in case.

I've never used the -p flag but it's always preserved the numerics just 
fine. That's Slackware and Fedora, probably others. Couldn't hurt to use 
it, though.

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