30 Jun
2005
30 Jun
'05
14:16
Jerry, Eduardo, On Thursday 30 June 2005 06:26, Jerry Feldman wrote:
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First, dd may not be the right tool because it does an image copy. You can use the cp command with the -R flag, or rsync. You should also do this either from single user mode or by booting a standalone Linux or Rescue disk.
Beware. The "-R" / "-r" option to "cp" only triggers the recursive copying behavior. You absolutely, positively must also preserve all file attributes, so you really want "-a", which is a shorthand for "-dpR". -d same as --no-dereference --preserve=link -p same as --preserve=mode,ownership,timestamps -R, -r, --recursive copy directories recursively
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-- Jerry Feldman
Randall Schulz