I am sorry, Michael. Until a couple of days ago I would get messages from PLUG. On Topic and Respectful, or something like that. Now all I am getting is the digest, and I am not accustomed to having to change the subject.
Is there a way to get back to the usual behavior? -Denis On Sun, Sep 10, 2017 at 12:38 PM, Michael Rasmussen <mich...@michaelsnet.us> wrote: > > On 2017-09-09 12:18, David Phillips wrote: > > Why not use rsync to dupe the data? > > > > > >> On Sep 9, 2017, at 12:00 PM, plug-requ...@lists.pdxlinux.org wrote: > >> > >> Send PLUG mailing list submissions to > >> plug@lists.pdxlinux.org > >> > >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > >> plug-requ...@lists.pdxlinux.org > >> > >> You can reach the person managing the list at > >> plug-ow...@lists.pdxlinux.org > >> > >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > >> than "Re: Contents of PLUG digest..." > >> > >> > >> Today's Topics: > >> > >> 1. Old home xfer to new? (Denis Heidtmann) > >> > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> Message: 1 > >> Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 17:05:36 -0700 > >> From: Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtm...@gmail.com> > >> Subject: [PLUG] Old home xfer to new? > >> To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help, civil and on-topic" > >> <plug@lists.pdxlinux.org> > >> Message-ID: > >> <CAArUT0g_9hMZKiiCKKYNrNP+4phcxk8d6Kmvb5YQuTBpn=MD5w@ > mail.gmail.com> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > >> > >> I hopefully have what is needed to put what is in home on my old > >> machine > >> into the new machine. I have an external drive into which I > >> transferred > >> using cp -R the contents of home. (I believe the uid is the same on > >> both > >> machines: 1000 > >> > >> The new machine home folder is /home/household which has about 35 > >> items in > >> it--11 "dot" files, 13 "dot" folders, and 8 other folders and 1 file. > >> With > >> only a couple of exceptions these were created when installing Ubuntu > >> 16.04. > >> > >> The old machine home folder has about 85 items in it. It is a 14.04 > >> machine. > >> > >> On the external drive resides those 85 items + the folders below. > >> They > >> need to go into /home/household on the new machine. > >> > >> Two questions: > >> > >> Many of the system folders/files on the two machines have the same > >> names, > >> as do the sub-folders. How do I decide which to use: those from the > >> old or > >> those from the new? (This strikes me as an opportunity to break some > >> stuff > >> either way.) > >> > >> What cp command do I use to transfer the files so that they end up in > >> the > >> /home/household folder? (I was surprised that when transferring the > >> data I > >> did not end up with a top folder called household.) > >> > >> Thanks, > >> -Denis > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> PLUG: http://pdxlinux.org > >> PLUG mailing list > >> PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >> > >> > >> End of PLUG Digest, Vol 156, Issue 17 > >> ************************************* > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > -- > Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon > Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
