On Du, 27 iul 14, 05:11:25, PaulNM wrote:
> On 07/27/2014 04:48 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > On Du, 27 iul 14, 11:39:52, David Baron wrote:
> >>
> >> The procedure would be simple and bulletproof:
> >> Copy / to new partition (what is the best way to do this, preserving
> >> symlinks
> >> and other properties, not running afoul of /sys and such?).
> >
> > rsync -ax
>
> That'll work fine on many systems. ("x" sticks to just the one
> filesystem, and "a" for archive includes a bunch of other good options)
>
> Even better is rsync -axHAXS
>
> That preserves hardlinks, acls, extended attributes, and properly
> handles sparse files.
I'd argue that whoever uses ACLs and extended attributes will also know
to preserve them. Point taken on sparse files (though these should be
rare / inexistent on a new install) and hardlinks.> I usually throw in a "v" for verbose, and "P" (Keeps partially copied > files and displays progress). "P" is especially useful if you have a > bunch of large files and expect to interrupt/resume the copy at times. .. > Also a great idea. In that case I'd add "--delete" to the options, as > that will remove files in the destination that no longer exist in the > source. > > rsync -avxPHAXS --delete source destination Right, forgot about -P and --delete. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic http://nuvreauspam.ro/gpg-transition.txt
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