From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 15:26:09 +0100
From: forsyth@plan9.cs.york.ac.uk forsyth@plan9.cs.york.ac.uk
Subject: Copying files..
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to copy or install just part of the distribution, you will normally
want to use variants of
	disk/mkfs -a -s /n/cdrom aprotofile | disk/mkext -u -d thedestinationroot
where `aprotofile' is a file describing the part of the hierarchy
you'd like to copy.  see the mkfs manual page and examples in
/lib/proto

mkfs/mkext will ensure that ownership, times, modes, etc stay
as they should.  to retain ownership and times, you'll need to enable
`allow' mode on the file server in most cases, or issue
	disk/kfscmd allow
if the destination file system is on a local disc.