Re: pax strangeness?

[dieter roelants <dieter.NetBSD%pandora.be@localhost>]

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:20:22 -0700 (PDT)
Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost> wrote:

> Using a fairly current (4.99.55) system, I attempted to duplicate a 
> directory using pax.  I've done this many times before, and it's always 
> worked, but now it seems to complain...

Are you sure you did the exact same? I think it always worked like that.

>       # cd /some/path
>       # mkdir new
>       # cd new
>       # pax -rw -p e ../old ./
>       pax: Ignoring file containing `..' (../old/somefile)
>       ...
> Is the new behavior correct?  Desired? Is there a better way to
> replicate a directory tree?

cd old && pax -rw -pe . ../new/

Kind regards
dieter


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