Why ?
cp -a works nicely and it's faster then cpio -p
cpio is useful when you have to copy the root fs (find / -xdev ...)
cd /newdest && tar cf - /oldpath | tar xvf - is a handy tar usage example.
Ciao,
Filippo.
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