P�r Lid�n <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It seems -x doesn't work in cp. When I tried to copy my whole "/" > filesystem to a new, freshly formatted filesystem, cp did copy files in > /devfs, /home and /proc, despite these being different filesystems. This > is very bad, cause the whole process hung when cp tried to copy some files > in /proc. > The command line I used (while standing in "/") was > cp -ax * /mnt > with the new filesystem mounted on /mnt > > I'm using the testing distribution of Debian, with kernel 2.6.0-test3. > The coreutils version reported by "cp --version" is 5.0, and Debian > package management says 5.0-5.
Thanks for the report. However, cp's -x option works fine if you use it the right way :-) Try this next time: cp -ax / /mnt _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
