On Monday 27 December 2010 09:38:42 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann > > <volkerar...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > if you don't use ACL (and if you don't know what I am talking about, you > > don't use them): > > cp -auv > > Maybe > > cp -auvx > > ? > > Just asking, > Mark
if you are copying a life-sytem -x is needed. Indeed. But if you boot from a cd and mount source and destination on different mount points x is not needed.