Check out the manpage on 'cpio'
We use the '-pumdv' options over here (had to copy files in a partition
myself the other day).
On 2001.04.17 09:39 Phil wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I originally made my "/" partition too large (only 2% is used) and now I
> want
> to shrink it because the /usr partition is full. My plan is to save the
> "/"
> partition, delete the partition and then create a new one. I have already
>
> saved the /usr directories.
>
> The question is, how do I copy just the contents of the partition without
>
> copying the entire Linux disk (cp -a would copy the entire disk)?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Phil
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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