No kidding. He doesn't want to copy the files in the proc directory, but he has to copy the prov directory itself ... it's a mount point, no?
I believe the original request was to copy the root fs only. This command does that. -- Nathan Norman : Hostmaster CFNI : [EMAIL PROTECTED] finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key and other stuff Key fingerprint = CE 03 10 AF 32 81 18 58 9D 32 C2 AB 93 6D C4 72 -- On Fri, 11 Jul 1997, Dr. Andreas Wehler wrote: :: find / -xdev -print | cpio -padm /mnt : :Oh, that's not the help. : : : find / -xdev | grep proc : : gives you: : :... :/var/lib/dpkg/info/procmeter.postinst :/var/lib/dpkg/info/procmeter.list :/var/lib/dpkg/info/procmeter.postrm :/var/lib/dpkg/info/xproc.list :/proc : : : Andreas. : :-- :Uni Wuppertal, FB Elektrotechnik, Tel/Fax: (0202) 439 - 3009 :Dr. Andreas Wehler; [EMAIL PROTECTED] : : :-- :TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to :[EMAIL PROTECTED] . :Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . : -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .