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Hi all,
I don't know exactly whether this is a bug or what, but I deemed it
useful to report what happened.
While running a script to backup my /usr dir to a partition on a second
HD I had to stop it with CTRL+C
> "Russell" == Russell Senior <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Karl" == Karl M Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Russell> c) if I am doing this between machines, I can pipe it through ssh
Russell> thusly:
Russell> tar -C /srcdir -clf - . | ssh targethost 'tar -C /ta
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 09:30:03AM -0700, Russell Senior wrote:
> > "Karl" == Karl M Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Karl> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ # time (cd /usr/local/src/ && tar pcf -
> Karl> cvs.gnome.org) | (cd /mnt/tmp/src/ && tar pxf -)
>
> Just for your reference, there is a tar
> "Karl" == Karl M Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Karl> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ # time (cd /usr/local/src/ && tar pcf -
Karl> cvs.gnome.org) | (cd /mnt/tmp/src/ && tar pxf -)
Just for your reference, there is a tar option that makes your shell
construction much easier:
tar -C /usr/local
ne drive to another that is
> signifigantly faster than "cp -a"... (this is just the sort of
> geeky++ type stuff you guys like to read, I bet.)
>
> See if you can follow along here and see what I did. The
> "cvs.gnome.org" directory contains a checkout of
I found a way of copying files from one drive to another that is
signifigantly faster than "cp -a"... (this is just the sort of
geeky++ type stuff you guys like to read, I bet.)
See if you can follow along here and see what I did. The
"cvs.gnome.org" directory contai
Hi all!
I would like to thank everybody who answered my question, I could not
reply before cause I'm on exams :-(
Cheers,
Ulisses
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On Sat, 24 Jan 1998, Brandon Mitchell wrote:
> > Weird, I did this not two days ago, cp -avRx /* . and it died on some
> > file, I thought it was /dev or a fifo?
>
> Say "." is /tmp. When you get to copying /tmp, you will get into
> recursion with /tmp/tmp being everything that you have copied
> Weird, I did this not two days ago, cp -avRx /* . and it died on some
> file, I thought it was /dev or a fifo?
Say "." is /tmp. When you get to copying /tmp, you will get into
recursion with /tmp/tmp being everything that you have copied into /tmp
including the directory /tmp/tmp which will be
On Sun, 25 Jan 1998, Remco Blaakmeer wrote:
>
> I disagree.
>
> # cp -ax /dev /tmp
> # cd /tmp/dev
> # ls -l hda log ttyS0 xconsole
> brw-rw 1 root disk 3, 0 Aug 4 20:36 hda
> srw-rw-rw- 1 root root0 Jan 24 16:43 log
> crw-rw 1 root dialout4,
On Sat, 24 Jan 1998, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>
> On Sun, 25 Jan 1998, Remco Blaakmeer wrote:
>
> > > cd /
> > > mount /dev/somedisk /mnt
> > > cp -a * /mnt
> > >
> > > See the mess? ( /mnt/mnt/mnt/... )
> >
> > You could add the
On Sun, 25 Jan 1998, Remco Blaakmeer wrote:
> > cd /
> > mount /dev/somedisk /mnt
> > cp -a * /mnt
> >
> > See the mess? ( /mnt/mnt/mnt/... )
>
> You could add the -x switch. This skips subdirectories that are not on the
> same filesystem as the director
On Sat, 24 Jan 1998, Santiago Vila Doncel wrote:
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> On Fri, 23 Jan 1998, Ulisses Alonso Camaro wrote:
> > I would like to know why cp -aR is not useful to replicate a disk
>
> Since cp -a [*] is useful to replicate a disk, I think you a
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On Fri, 23 Jan 1998, Ulisses Alonso Camaro wrote:
> I would like to know why cp -aR is not useful to replicate a disk
Since cp -a [*] is useful to replicate a disk, I think you are really
asking "I would like to know why some people seem to prefer tar
Hi all,
I would like to know why cp -aR is not useful to replicate a disk
Thanks in advance,
Ulisses
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