Hi, just a comment....
> On Wed, Dec 23, 1998 at 08:49:46AM +0100, root wrote: > > I already have different partitions for / , /var , /home , /usr. > > In fact, my problem is : How do I move files from an old parttion to a new > > one while > > ensure all links (and things like that) are kept ? > > Symbolic links are just names of files. If the path of the destination > stays the same (/usr is still /usr, even though the mount table is > different) you shouldn't have problems just using cp. But I haven't done > this before in truth. I'm not sure about that. If I got it right plain cp will copy the file, it will not create a symobolic link. So your symbolic link structure will be ruined. tar on the other hand preserves it. Sasha.