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Kazar,
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from the directory you're in
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tar -zcf ~/FILENAME.tar.gz ./
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Will create the tar.gz and should store the permissions
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then extract the file in the right place with
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tar -zxf ~/FILENAME.tar.gz
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that should do it - and then you'll create a backup too....
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need more info?
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ah that makes sense. I do know about man pages but when i try to
read them and understand what they're really talking about my eyes
bleed and my brain smokes. I often wish for just plain-english
explanations and some better examples in man pages.<br>
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I will file this info for protecting permissions when tarring and
untarring files.<br>
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However, as per my f/u post submitted a moment ago, I'm realizing I
don't have to DL/UL at all, my sandbox is simply a subdomain of the
production server. I can just copy from the command line I think
(and then restore the target server's original settings.php file)<br>
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and here i sat DLing and ULing via sftp, very slow!!!!!<br>
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thanks again,<br>
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kazar<br>
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