On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 03:18:30PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm copying Debian distribution DVDs. > I used > cp -R /media/cdrom0 /media/richard/myrepository/dvd_1 > > It gave me what I wanted [*N.B.* I did not want dvd_1.iso] > It was SLOW. > The man page for rsync suggested that it could do it faster. > Can it? > If so, what is correct syntax to get the same result as the command above? > > TIA
Loop mount the DVD mount -t iso /media/cdrom0 -o loop /mnt cd /mnt and you should see all the files within the DVD. cd /media/richard/repository/dvd_1/ rsync -pavz /mnt/ . Should do it. If you stop and restart rsync, it should start from the place it left off,more or less. Hope this helps, AndyC