> Does anyone know the best way to copy a huge directory tree (~1Gig) > to another disk (mounted at some point)? I need to preserve the > ownerships and permissions, preservation of times are optional. > > I am aware of 3 ways: > tar cpfl - dir1 | tar -C dir2 -xpf - > find dir1 -xdev -print | cpio -p -admu dir2 > cp -ax dir1 dir2 > > Which one is considered to be safer, faster, etc? >
A technique that I use on a regular basis to copy from one partition to another is the following: ...say i want to copy my root directory to a new harddrive that I have now mounted on /mnt. I have a /home mount and a /usr mount and I don't want to touch those. one the dest. drive is mounted find / -xdev -depth -print | cpio -pvdumB /mnt It is quick, safe, keeps permissions, blah...blah! I have used it quite a bit! Hope it helps. --Jay Barbee -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
