-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Wed, 7 May 1997, David B. Teague wrote: >Isn't /proc a mounted file system, even if it is a pseudo file system? >Doesn't that make x option (which prevents other mounted file systems >from being copied) the solution to this problem? yes
>Actualy, I'm a lot more concerned with the problem of recursive copy in >something like. > cp -ax / /mnt :( But as the originial poster wanted to copy all to another disk, /mnt is the mountpoint of the filesystem on the new disk and is therefore excluded by the 'x' option as well. Nils - -- \ / | Nils Rennebarth --* WINDOWS 42 *-- | Schillerstr. 61 / \ | 37083 Göttingen | ++49-551-71626 Micro$oft's final answer | http://www.nus.de/~nils -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: noconv iQB1AwUBM3Cx7FptA0IhBm0NAQE0YAMAhEHic3mf0LYOof+FDUNaMcZbgV6eixRu Ul/ktVqupObk/Ki08TSjNK/yE43VgQx+fIv1wezbX5Z4CfEDRvPEMqDSDIzjgMYz A6NBXOrT1xYTZuZ5VJOko6fdiTrEqkGc =EALG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .