Copy all files and subdirectories preserving time stamp?

[Moti Levy]

W. D. wrote:

>Hi folks,
>
>What would be the way to copy all files and subdirectories
>from one directory to another--preserving the time stamp
>and other attributes?
>
>It seems that 'cp' usually puts a time stamp of the 
>current date and time.
>
>Would this work?
>
>cp -r -p -@ /some/source/directory/* /some/target/directory/
>
>
>
>Thanks for your help!
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try using tar ,
cd /some/source/directory/

tar cfP - *|(cd /some/target/directory/ ; tar xfP - )