On 12 Mar 2002, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 15:42, Franηois Chenais wrote: > > And what happens if the /var/log and /var/run dirs that can change during > > the tar ? > > > > Franηois > > Go into single user mode telinit 1 and then tar. I actually use cp -a > which seems to preserve all the required attributes.
Point taken guys, thanks. So go into single-user mode before doing the tar. Of course there are about a million ways of transferring filesystems (cp, tar, cpio, dd, rsync, dump...). That's the joy of UNIX, but you can get fancy above and beyond the call of duty. One guy I learnt a lot of UNIX from told me to do, for example to transfer /var (command line incomplete and probably full of mistakes as I can't really remember all the correct minutiae): find /var --print | cpio -pdum (plus other cpio syntax) Needless to say, that had me running for the tar manpage in no time at all... ;) In my humble opinion, the choice of transfer method in a case as simple as that posed by Andrew must be down to personal taste/habit/familiarity/convenience rather than any technological consideration. Best regards, | George Karaolides Linustech Advanced Solutions, | | tel: +357 22 55 61 29 86 Ifigenias Street, 3rd Floor, | | web: www.linustech.com.cy Strovolos, Nicosia CY 2003, | | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Republic of Cyprus. |
