Revision as of 11:36, 20 December 2008 by imported>ThorstenStaerk
The command
cp -pr
copies files and preserves it attributes. This is useful if you want to copy special files like devices:
tweedleburg:~ # cp -pr /dev/sda .
tweedleburg:~ # ll sda
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 0 Dec 20 08:39 sda