-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 12 Jan 2003 8:20 pm, Bob Hilliard wrote: > Johan Ehnberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I used to use the cp -ax method with great success, but more > recently the -x option doesn't work. The following is copied from my > > bug report #168685: > > cp -ax <target> <dest> does not restrict the copy to one files > > system. If target is /, cp copies /home, even if it is on a separate > > file system, and tries to copy /proc. Copying /proc fails, and stops > > the copy. > > > > cp -a -x gives the same result as cp -ax. > > > > This problem is not new with the current version. I have experienced > > it frequently in the past, but have been too lazy to file a report. > > Because of this issue, I had to use "find / -xdev | cpio -vdump /mnt" > for my last system copy. rsync -aHx seems to work fine for me. - -- Alan Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+IdZzuFHxcV2FFoIRAgpBAJ9TJVo7x77/y5uIMmZCA0XFlCR+aACfWfAQ DstiCN6Oh2qyf8mNPDyeuXU= =yB3c -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]