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alinv
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| tragor wrote: | # cd /mnt/hda1
# find . -print | cpio -pamd /mnt/hdb1 |
cpio silently failed to copy a 3+ Gb file to the new location (the file was created, but zero-sized).
I would recommend using either tar
| Code: | | (cd /path/to/source ; tar cpsO .) | (cd /path/to/destination ; tar xf -) |
or cp -a , as previously stated.
BTW, either method is faster.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:07 am Post subject: |
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| I'm surprised nobody sugested rsync. |
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alinv
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| revertex wrote: | | I'm surprised nobody sugested rsync. |
Usually, this is a one-time job, and I don't think rsync is that efficient.
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