On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 00:15:28 -0400 (EDT), Prashant Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do copy my / containing directory root boot tmp bin > proc etc to a different partition of same disk. > > I used dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/dev/sda4 but it seems to "hang". > > cp -up could not handle /tmp correctly > > Thank in advance for your reply. >
You can use cpio or afio. I prefer afio, you can do something like this: find source_path -depth -print0 | afio -p -xv -0a destination_path P.S. probably you don't need to copy the /temp dir, anyway... -- Andrea -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]