NFS and cpio

[mikeboz]

I want to use and NFS mount to:

cd /nfs_mounted_dir
find . -depth -print | cpio -pdm /local_mounted_directory

I am getting all kinds of permisions errors. mostly w/ the hidden '.' files but also w/ other files and directories.

I am root, the mount is rw, the local_mounted_directory is 777, the /nfs_mounted_dir has 755 and the sub dirs are of mixed perm and owners.

Is there a way to cpio without these permission errors. It is important that I restore these directories 'as they were'. I am doing all this to decrease partition size/ repartion a Sun box.

Thanks,
Mikeb

 

[gheist]

that could be tar parsing subdirectories automagiacally, not cpio getting list from find

your find can be limited to all but files using -type f at the end o its command line