-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The only way cp is going to corrupt files is if you have bad RAM in the system and in that case rsync probably will too.
On 12/07/13 10:14, Charles Marcus wrote: > On 2013-12-05 12:03 AM, Linda Walsh <[email protected]> wrote: >> For a one time copy... 'cp' should work fine... > > Except that someone on the gentoo list claims that cp will silently > copy corrupted files, but rsync will not... which is a pretty good > reason to use rsync over cp (I was looking for specific reasons why > to use one over the other)... > > Anyway, I'm thinking now that the 'best of both worlds' might be to > do the cp first on the live system, then boot into single user mode > (is it safe to change the /usr mount point/location when in single > user mode?), then do a quick rsync, which should then identify any > corrupt files ... ? > > -- > > Best regards, > > */Charles/* > > - -- ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ Kevin Korb Phone: (407) 252-6853 Systems Administrator Internet: FutureQuest, Inc. [email protected] (work) Orlando, Florida [email protected] (personal) Web page: http://www.sanitarium.net/ PGP public key available on web site. ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlKjO7EACgkQVKC1jlbQAQd4rACguhNdllkWiZfuJUA2lavlbWPn KEIAoOTzoL7Pzho6PKCvjPVhg19JraAQ =NGy8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
