Originally to: JAMIE RISK * An ongoing debate between Jamie Risk and All rages on ...
JR: > How do I copy an entire file system, symlinks and all, to a JR: > temporarily mounted partition? (what are the pertinent 'cp' switches?) JR: > I've got an extra harddrive (&PC) and I want to mirror my original JR: > system with as little work as possible. I use cp for backups as "cp -av /dir1/ /mnt/backup", etc. Just skip /proc <g> -- Keep the faith, : Ben http://bellsouthpwp.net/c/m/cmech617/ : ICQ #32457590 AIM/Yahoo:benritchey Jabber:cMech : + WildCat! Board 24/7 (337) 232-4155 33.6kBps 8,N,1 Free Software! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
