On Wed, Mar 04, 2015 at 06:54:20PM GMT, L. V. Lammert wrote: > Raf,
Lee, > No issue there, .. but rsync is much better than anything IN base for > file synchronization (cross-filesystem, works over ssh [et al], properly ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > handles permissions and hardlinks, . ). If there is an issue installing > packages I would think that should probably be addressed first. For *file synchronisation*, 'rsync' is, indeed, *very* good - no doubt! I often use it myself. However, here we're talking about a disk swap-over. 'tar' or, as others have already suggested, 'dump/restore' will do just fine. 'rsync', as I have previously mentioned, will only contribute to OP's further confusion (as he was already struggling with tar's syntax) so helping to fix the issues at hand seemed like a batter idea than (potentially) introducing new ones. rsync's availability as a package/port is, indeed, as secondary matter. Raf
