* Tim (xendistar@???) wrote:
>
> I am getting ready to swap distros over the weekend, I intend to copy my
> entire home directory to an external usb disk, will I need to do anything
> special with the permission, should I do anything speacial now before I swop,
> particualrly with the mail folder (I use kmail and my ISP, no mail server)??
I don't know if you know this or not, but there is a neat trick for
copying files that saves the permissions etc. using tar. Have a
look at
http://www.hantslug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?LinuxHints/OneDiskToAnother
for a hint.
--
Philip Stubbs
http://www.stuphi.co.uk
