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The answer is correct and works. However, I cannot use it since in some machines (Solaris) I've found that rsync is not installed. Nevertheless, the solution is correct.

Nico
– Nico

2015-08-31 17:36:10 +00:00
Commented Aug 31, 2015 at 17:36
You probably know about tar and cpio, but I added them as alternatives, as they recreate the directory structure, but keep them writeable. Really need to be wrapped into a small shell script, though.

meuh
– meuh

2015-08-31 17:51:14 +00:00
Commented Aug 31, 2015 at 17:51

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