> Weird, I did this not two days ago, cp -avRx /* . and it died on some > file, I thought it was /dev or a fifo?
Say "." is /tmp. When you get to copying /tmp, you will get into recursion with /tmp/tmp being everything that you have copied into /tmp including the directory /tmp/tmp which will become /tmp/tmp/tmp... I usually make sure to get every directory but the one I'm copying into. Or using a rescue disk to I can have /mnt1 and /mnt2. Or using a tar that won't traverse mount points, etc... HTH, Brandon -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .