In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Carel Fellinger writes: >On Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 11:30:26AM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: >> To avoid this problem use "find . | cpio -padm /target" > >yep, but I'm old, so I'm stuck with tar:), besides I heard cpio doesn't >handle hardlinks well, it bluntly copies the files:( Not sure though, >never tested it myself, nothing found in the info/man pages, so testing >time...And yes it preserves hardlinks:)
Yes, both tar and cpio work, but the fastest way I've found is to use dump and restore. Works best if you have a whole partition to copy. However, it's much faster than the cpio/tar approach. cpio and tar is good for piping through ssh. :) -- Ted Cabeen http://www.pobox.com/~secabeen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check Website or Keyserver for PGP/GPG Key BA0349D2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I have taken all knowledge to be my province." -F. Bacon [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Human kind cannot bear very much reality."-T.S.Eliot [EMAIL PROTECTED]
