On 7/28/05, Sean Higgins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > tar cvf - * | tar xf -C ../new/
> >
> > * doesn't match hidden files, so the copy will be incomplete.
>
> Neil,
>
> Interesting. I had not thought about that. I did use the above to recreate
> my hard drive from one hard drive to another one. It worked well, I guess I
> lucked out that I did not have any hidden files in the "old" directory.
A better option is to use . (dot) a the directory. Also adding -p to
preserve permissions is essential when backing up a whole system:
tar cfp - . | (cd /target/path && tar xvfp -)
Regards,
Andreas
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