Copy a large amount of files to usb drive

[Stephen Liu]

Hi Russ.

Tks for your advice.

> If using cp:
> 
> cp -a  source destination
> 
> will preserve mode, ownership, and timestamps and copy recursively.

I'll try your advice later.  

Previously I ran '-p'.  It preserved permission only but not owner.  I
have to "tar jcpf source.tar.bz2".  And "tar jxpf source.tar.bz2
--same-owner -C destination.  Then it preserved permission and owner.

Tks.

B.R.
Stephen