On Sun, 8 Feb 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > I'm having a nightmare trying to copy my root file system to its new > home. If I mount the original as / and the new one as /mnt, both > > cp -ax /* /mnt > > and > > ( cd /; tar clvf - * ) | ( cd /mnt; tar xf - ) > > attempt to copy /mnt anyway, and /proc too. ie, the -x and -l switches > to cp and tar respectively appear to be ignored.
that's because you're TELLING cp and tar to copy /mnt. * matches everything, remember...so cp -af /* /mnt means copy everything in / (including /mnt) to /mnt. try just cp -ax / /mnt or tar clvf - / | ( cd /mnt; tar xf - ) -- craig sanders -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
