On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 09:18:12AM +0200, Stefano Rivera wrote: :There are several approaches. cp -a might work if theres's nothing :complex. : :I normally use this: :# cd /home :# find . -xdev -print0 | cpio -0pdvum --sparse /newhome
I used to use that as well, but I found cpio doesn't properly handle "large files" (were large is >2G), this may be fixed but not that I'm aware of. "tar" does handle large files properly so I now use: # cd /home # tar cf - * | ( cd /newhome ; tar xf - ) -jon -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
