7 Apr
2000
7 Apr
'00
7:21 p.m.
Forgive my ignorance on this matter, but I'm really curious how cp and tar modify the data when you use them to copy or transfer data? What about cpio, doesn't it modify data, even a single bit?
Could anyone give details as to how/why this happens?
thanks
robert
Bruce Sterling Woodcock wrote:
[cp and tar examples deleted]
Of course, these will not give exact copies of the data you want. You best bet is to use unix dump and restore or ndmpcopy. Barring that, you want to use something like cpio.
Bruce