On Wed, 4 Mar 2015, Raf Czlonka wrote: > In the same manual, however, it reads: > > However, cp copies hard linked files as separate files. To > preserve hard links, use a utility such as pax(1) or tar(1) > instead. > > So using 'cp' to, effectively, mirror the disk, is not the best of > ideas. > rsync -avH will copy hard linked files, .. and is a much better option - especially if using a network connection [e.g. to the backup disk mounted on another machine].
Lee
