Quoting todd hewett <todd.hewett@regalhost.com>:

> Howdy folks,
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> I am new to the list and relatively new to linux.
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> I am trying to back up an entire directory, I would like to preserve owners
> groups and permissions.
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> So lets say  I am trying to back up a dir /root/myscripts/

rsync -auv /root/myscripts/ /backupdir/

or, if it is to a remote box:

rsync -auv -e ssh /root/myscripts/ IP.OF.OTHER.BOX:/backupdir/

> There are sub-directories also.
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> Thanks for the help and cheers,
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> Todd
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