Re: a tool that allows to continue copying between HDDs

2009-07-15 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Mike: > Depending on how stable you need the destination file system, but I often do: > > find . -depth | cpio -pdmv /path/to/dest > > Followed up by an rsync. The cpio will leave partial files in place, > so the next time through it will skip that, but the

Re: a tool that allows to continue copying between HDDs

2009-07-14 Thread Mike Castle
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 5:25 AM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > So why not just use cp -a ? Probably because, when I first learned to do this stuff, the system I used did have a -a option to cp, but did have rsync installed. And now it's more muscle memory than anything. (I'm almost to the point where I

Re: a tool that allows to continue copying between HDDs

2009-07-14 Thread lee
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:25:31PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > So why not just use cp -a ? cp -axv pause it with Ctrl-S -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: a tool that allows to continue copying between HDDs

2009-07-14 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 12:50:25PM -0700, Mike Castle wrote: > On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Celejar wrote: > > I'm no expert in this stuff, so I'm curious - what is gained by this > > over a straight rsync? > > > In my experience, find | cpio is faster than rsync for moving raw > data aroun

Re: a tool that allows to continue copying between HDDs

2009-07-14 Thread steef
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In , Neal Hogan wrote: On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Dirk Neumann wrote: On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:45:31 +0700 Sthu Deus wrote: Is there a tool with which I can continue copying from HDD to another after some interrupt? mc Master

Re: a tool that allows to continue copying between HDDs

2009-07-13 Thread owens
> > > > Original Message >From: raq...@thericehouse.net >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: a tool that allows to continue copying between HDDs >Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:50:07 -0700 > >>On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:58:00 -0500 >>Neal Hogan w

Re: a tool that allows to continue copying between HDDs

2009-07-13 Thread Mike Castle
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Celejar wrote: > I'm no expert in this stuff, so I'm curious - what is gained by this > over a straight rsync? In my experience, find | cpio is faster than rsync for moving raw data around. Not sure why, but it feels that way. It's been a long time since I've

Re: a tool that allows to continue copying between HDDs

2009-07-13 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:59:11 -0700 Mike Castle wrote: > On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Sthu Deus wrote: > > Is there a tool with which I can continue copying from HDD to another after > > some interrupt? > > Depending on how stable you need the destination file system, but I often do: > > fin

Re: a tool that allows to continue copying between HDDs

2009-07-13 Thread Raquel
On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:58:00 -0500 Neal Hogan wrote: > On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Dirk Neumann > wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:45:31 +0700 > > Sthu Deus wrote: > > > >> Good day. > >> > >> Is there a tool with which I can continue copying from HDD to > >> another after some interrupt?

Re: a tool that allows to continue copying between HDDs

2009-07-13 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , Neal Hogan wrote: >On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Dirk Neumann wrote: >> On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:45:31 +0700 >> Sthu Deus wrote: >>> Is there a tool with which I can continue copying from HDD to another >>> after some interrupt? >> >> mc > >Master Card? >Midnight connection? >Multiple Copy

Re: a tool that allows to continue copying between HDDs

2009-07-13 Thread Dirk Neumann
On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:58:00 -0500 Neal Hogan wrote: > > > >> Good day. > >> > >> Is there a tool with which I can continue copying from HDD to another after > >> some interrupt? > > > > mc > > Master Card? > Midnight connection? > Multiple Copy? $ apt-cache search mc ... mc - midnight commande

Re: a tool that allows to continue copying between HDDs

2009-07-13 Thread Neal Hogan
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Mike Castle wrote: > On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Neal Hogan wrote: >> >> I'm curious b/c I am mildly interested in the OP's question and I >> briefly attempted to decipher the above response. There is no man page >> for 'mc' and google tends to lean towards mi

Re: a tool that allows to continue copying between HDDs

2009-07-13 Thread Mike Castle
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Neal Hogan wrote: > > I'm curious b/c I am mildly interested in the OP's question and I > briefly attempted to decipher the above response. There is no man page > for 'mc' and google tends to lean towards midnight connection. $ apt-cache search mc | grep -w mc xnc

Re: a tool that allows to continue copying between HDDs

2009-07-13 Thread Mike Castle
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Sthu Deus wrote: > Is there a tool with which I can continue copying from HDD to another after > some interrupt? Depending on how stable you need the destination file system, but I often do: find . -depth | cpio -pdmv /path/to/dest Followed up by an rsync. The

Re: a tool that allows to continue copying between HDDs

2009-07-13 Thread Neal Hogan
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Dirk Neumann wrote: > On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:45:31 +0700 > Sthu Deus wrote: > >> Good day. >> >> Is there a tool with which I can continue copying from HDD to another after >> some interrupt? > > mc Master Card? Midnight connection? Multiple Copy? I'm curious b/

Re: a tool that allows to continue copying between HDDs

2009-07-13 Thread Dirk Neumann
On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:45:31 +0700 Sthu Deus wrote: > Good day. > > Is there a tool with which I can continue copying from HDD to another after > some interrupt? mc Dirk. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact list

a tool that allows to continue copying between HDDs

2009-07-13 Thread Sthu Deus
Good day. Is there a tool with which I can continue copying from HDD to another after some interrupt? Thank You for Your time. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org