[1096] in RedHat Linux List
Re: moving contents of hard drive
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wierdl Mate)
Sat Oct 26 11:58:51 1996
To: Andy Lindeman <lindeman@ma.ultranet.com>, redhat-list@redhat.com
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 26 Oct 1996 00:20:52 CDT."
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Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 10:57:16 -0500
From: Wierdl Mate <matyi@wierdlmpc.msci.memphis.edu>
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> I remember a thread about this from summer, but after a half hour
> searching the archives, gave up...
>
> Anyway, I'm moving the contents of my hard drive to a new one. What
> switches do I need to use with cp? Was there anything else I need to
> watch out for?
After `man cp':
OPTIONS
-a, --archive
Preserve as much as possible of the structure and
attributes of the original files in the copy. The
same as -dpR.
Theoretically this should work. It worked for me when I moved
/usr/local and /home to a new harddrive.
Mate
M\'at\'e Wierdl
Department of Mathematical Sciences
University of Memphis,
E-mail: matyi@moni.msci.memphis.edu
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