Hi If there's not enough space, tar czf or tar cIf and later tar xzf / tar xIf! Bzip2/tar.gz compression really rocks (if you've got a fast cpu).
Regards, Stephan Hachinger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christoph Simon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 4:08 PM Subject: Re: ** Emegancy Request ** > > Hi All, > > Can someone please tell me the easiest and safest way to mirror > > a Hard Drive, keeping all permissions, owner, groups etc. intact > > > > Thanks in Advance > > Bill > > > > ( cd <old-mount-point> ; tar cf - . ) | ( cd <new-mount-point> ; tar xf - ) > > HTH > > Christoph Simon > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > ^X^C > q > quit > :q > ^C > end > x > exit > ZZ > ^D > ? > help > . > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >