On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 14:21:22 -0500
Hal Vaughan <h...@halblog.com> wrote:

> I have a 10 GB partition that is nowhere near full, less than 5 GB of data on 
> it (far less).  Unfortunately, the partition I'd like to copy it to is 5 GB.  
> I can do "rsync -av" but normally I'd use DD.  Is there a way to copy an 
> image of just the files from one drive to another?  For example, an 
> intelligent DD that won't copy unused sectors, or will create an archive of 
> just the files?
> 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> 
> Hal
> 
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Why is cp -r /mnt/asdf /mnt/jkl unacceptable?  When in doubt, use brute force.  
As long as the partitions are both formatted and mountable, it should work (and 
be faster then finding a smart dd, learning how to use it, and running it :D).

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