I don't know if this works under Linux, but under Solaris we (egr)
have used dump to do this. I would try using dump of a filesystem
to another filesystem. I'm no authority on this... so please
dispute me if I'm crazy.
Thanks,
Dennis
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On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, Alex Yukhimets wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Does anyone know the best way to copy a huge directory tree (~1Gig)
> to another disk (mounted at some point)? I need to preserve the
> ownerships and permissions, preservation of times are optional.
>
> I am aware of 3 ways:
> tar cpfl - dir1 | tar -C dir2 -xpf -
> find dir1 -xdev -print | cpio -p -admu dir2
> cp -ax dir1 dir2
>
> Which one is considered to be safer, faster, etc?
>
> thanks.
>
> Alex Y.
>
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