[1204] in RedHat Linux List
Re: moving contents of hard drive
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jon Klaren)
Sun Oct 27 01:09:37 1996
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 22:08:04 -0700
From: Jon Klaren <jklaren@qualcomm.com>
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Paul Anderson wrote:
>
> 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
My favorite:
# cd /srcdir
# find . -xdev -print | grep -v "lost+found" | cpio -padvmu /destdir
doesn't cross filesystems, ignores lost+found, copies symlinks, devices
etc. intact.
Hey Donnie,
This "how do I copy a whole drive" is such a FAQ. Any chance you
could add it to the FAQ. (Like you don't have anything else to do ;-)
-Jon
Jon Klaren
San Diego, CA USA
jklaren@qualcomm.com
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