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

["Michael C. Toren" <mct@netaxs.com>]

>   LB> # tar cf - /dirname | (cd /mnt/dirname; tar xvf -)
> 
> Which is similar to what I would use.  I think you want a -p in there
> so that you preserve permissions.

Also, just to be safe, I would use:

    (cd /src && tar cvpf - *) | (cd /dest && tar xvpf -)

I end up using lines similar to the above quite often when moving and
copying directory structures.  I also end up piping tar to gzip -c, and
then to netcat to do network backups.

-mct