Great guys thanks for all the suggestions. I'm goin to test on a similar box
soon in the next cpl days
CM
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Nielson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Redhat list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: Drive Imaging
> Linux Journal recently had a way to copy disks:
>
> tar clf - . | ( umask 0; cd /dir/to/copy/to; tar xvf - )
>
> c = create
>
> l = stay on local file system (don't cross
> filesystem boundaries)
>
> f = file (the next argument is the
> name of the tarfile or "-")
>
> - = write to standard out or
> read from standard in
>
> x = extract
>
> v = verbose
>
> "umask 0" ensures that the new files have the same permissions
> as the old ones.
>
> I tested it and it seemed to work great. What I am wondering is using this
> with two identical drives on the same machine as a way to routinely back
> up the first drive to the second. But in subsequent backups, how could I
> employ the "find" command to just back up files that have changed since
> the last backup?
>
> On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Samuel Flory wrote:
>
> > Samuel Flory wrote:
> >
> > > In any event. Wouldn't it be easier to do a "cp -ax / /mnt/tmp"?
> > > Sure you could use a complex tar or cpio command, but why?
> > >
> > opps should be "cp -ax / /home /mnt/tmp"
> >
>
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