cp -ar to external harddrive

[jdow]

From: "amar_padhi" <amar_padhi at fastmail.fm>

> have you tried cp -pr. The 'p' option keeps the permissions, owner etc.

       -a, --archive
              same as -dpR

So cp -a covers the cp -ar or cp -pr field quite comprehensively.
(Note that -r is the same as -R for cp.)

{^_-}

> 
> On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 07:33 +0000, Bryan Hepworth wrote:
>> Hi Everyone
>>  
>> I'm trying to back up /home to an external hard drive (maxtor usb) and
>> wanted to keep the file permissions but when I do a
>>  
>> cp -ar /home /media/usb it complains about not being able to do the
>> permissions and they all go across as root instead. 
>>  
>> Anyone know where I'm going wrong?
>>  
>> Thanks
>>  
>> Bryan