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Re: [PLUG] Using tar to copy disk drives...
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On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 05:00:32PM -0400, Bill Jonas wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 04:36:33PM +0000, qumak wrote:
> > Hey, I know, we've discussed this before, and I'm sorry, but I can't seem to
> > remember quite how to do it and its giving me some wierd problems...
>
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Tips-HOWTO.html -- specifically,
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Tips-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.6
>
> In your case, I'd try something like the following:
> (cd / && tar cf - $(ls -1 |egrep -v "mnt|proc") ) | (cd /mnt && tar xvfp -)
Yeesh that's a mess.
Use rsync.
% cd /
% rsync -a [list of directories] /mnt
~ g r @ eclipsed.net
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