Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:02:31 -0500, Mike Edenfield wrote:
>
> > tar -C /old cpf - | tar -C /new xvpf -
> >
> > You'll probably not want to do the entire / in a single go,
> > since /proc, /sys, and /dev (at least) should be skipped.
>
> Which can be done with the -l option.
You are mistaken: The -l option causes tar to warn if not all hars links to a
file could not be resolved.
Jörg
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