[1152] in RedHat Linux List
Re: moving contents of hard drive
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Anderson)
Sat Oct 26 19:09:35 1996
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 19:24:23 -0400
From: Paul Anderson <andersop@agapesystems.com>
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BORG wrote:
>
> Info junkie wrote:
> >
> > I'll probably go with cp -dRp /source /target
> >
> > -d maintain any symlinks
> > -R do it recursively
> > -p retain permissions and all other attributes.
>
> This is exactly the same as cp -a.
>
> Regards,
> Vlad
>
Just to weigh in on this long running cp debate....cp does not always
get every file. At least this has been my experience. I like the
surety of using dd to copy drives.
Paul Aanderson
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