Kevin Falcone on Wed, 5 Jul 2000 13:08:14 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [PLUG] copying a complete system to new HD


>>>>> "WM" == Walt Mankowski <waltman@netaxs.com> writes:

  WM> my guess is that cp -a is faster because it doesn't have to tar
  WM> and untar everything.

Probably.  However, it is convenient to be able to pipe the tar
through ssh for backup purposes.

-kevin

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Kevin Falcone <kevinfal@seas.upenn.edu>

The problem with quantum mechanics is that the more precisely they know
when your car will be fixed, the less certain they are of how much it
will cost.

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