It occurs to me that the source being 14.04 and the target being 16.04 is likely a complications. See http://eggsonbread.com/2010/01/28/move-ubuntu-to-another-computer-in-3-simple-steps/
I could upgrade the old 14.04 to 16.04 first to comply with the linked instructions. (But note that those are from 2010.) If I ignore this little complication I worry that things will break badly. Matching the versions is not a huge pain. I do not see that cp requires special handling for . files. True? On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 2:26 PM, Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote: > On Sat, 9 Sep 2017, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > > > Would rsync make my first question moot? > > Denis. > > Perhaps. Read the rsync man page to better understand it. Briefly, rsync > will compare the same file name on source and target and copy the former > version over the latter version if the source is newer. If there are files > on the source that are not on the target, rsync will copy the source to the > target so both directories have the latest version of all files. > > Be aware, however, that specifying the source directory only regular > files > and subdirectories are examined and synchronized; e.g., if the source ~/ is > the pwd, 'rsync * target/home/me/'; if the pwd is your target directory, > 'rsync source/home/me/ .'. To synchronize the dot files you need to specify > '.*' to indicate all dot files instead of '*' to specify all normal files. > I > got caught once by thinking that '*' copied dot files, too. It don't. > > Rich > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
