27 Feb
2012
27 Feb
'12
14:11
On Mon, 2012-02-27 at 17:59 +1300, michael@actrix.gen.nz wrote:
If you are going to use rsynce consider that you may want to use some additional options to make the copy more faithful to the original...
rsync -a -H -A -X -S /from/ /to/
Why would the oo want to use rsync? It is a great tool for handling files, For devices (and every horrible detail beneath it (soft raids, lvm, encryption, ...) the more appropiate tool remains "dd" It might me a waste of time, as it also copies empty parts of the file system though. (see its manpage) hw -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org