On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 17:51:12 -0500, Phil Sexton wrote: > cd / && tar cf - . | (cd /newdisk && tar xBfp -) > > This maintains your permissions and leaves out the verbose messages
This will also try to copy the contents of /newdisk to /newdisk/newdisk. Use the -l option to avoid descending into other filesystems. Or do rsync -ax / /newdisk/ -- Neil Bothwick Downloading - A quick way of catching a virus from anywhere in the world.
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