[vox-tech] Copying data from Windows share to Linux server *with* original date stamps and permissions

[Richard Burkhart]

Anyone have suggestions on a set of shell commands I can pipe together to:
  - Batch transfer multiple files & directories from a windows (server 
2000) machine onto a Linux machine
  - Maintain as many of the original file permissions as will make it 
across the samba link
  - Maintain the original file save dates from the windows side (the 
first time I did a mass cp, it changed all the target-file dates to the 
day of the copy)
  - Set the archive bit on the source media, so that if I have to do 
this again to catch updates I can just grab updated files.

Last night google led me to a website describing a way to start with 
tar, pipe that output to a couple of  commands to transfer to the new 
machine, then un-tar it out to the new drive.  Unfortunately, I can't 
find that page again -- and until I go home, I won't be able to check my 
browser history.

Suggestions?  Help?  Por favor?


Richard B.