On Sun, 17 Mar 2002, USM Bish wrote: > On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 06:06:16PM +0530, Dr . Sharukh K . R . Pavri . wrote:
> ---end quoted text--- > > To make a replica of existing directory to another hard disk, > after making the partitions, and mkfs, all that is needed is > > #cp -a <sourcedir> <destdir> > > All files, dirs, links and fifos with original ownerships and > permissions would be copied. > > You may use "cp -dpR" as well. I did cp -a /home/spavri/ /mnt/cdrom/spavri/ but none of my hidden files or hidden directories were copied over. I then did tar -cjvf backup.tar.bz2 * but still the same problem, none of my hidden files or directories are being copied. Now what ? I remember using tar to backup and restore my /home but it doesn't see to work now. Why ? regards, Sharukh. _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
