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Re: LIP General issues (fwd)
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> On Thu, 28 Nov 1996, Stas Bekman wrote:
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> > 4. HD->HD copy:
> > If it's good what is the fastest way to copy HD->HD (and Preserve all
> > permissions and sym links) someting:
> > cd / ; tar -cf - | tar -xf - newtarget (I din't find in tar's man page
> > how do I specify the target dir, It's not -C!)
> > How to avoid the recursive copying of the HD mounted under /mnt?
>
> $ cd /mnt
> $ (cd / ; tar cf - . --one-file-system) | tar xvf -
>
> et voila.
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> Ira Abramov <ira@scso.com> Scalable Solutions
>
No, no, no....
#mount bla-bla /mnt
#find / -mount -print | cpio -pad /mnt
... does exactly what you want
Oleg
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