31 Aug
2005
31 Aug
'05
11:59
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 12:08 +0200, Albert wrote:
If I remember correctly this will mirror <current device> to <backup device>. Is there a way I can only copy a directory from <current device> to <backup device>?
Yes, dd will copy the whole device. To copy a specific directory, I would just "cp --archive" or "tar" it to a file on your new HDD as shown below: cd <to dir to copy> tar -c -S -f - . | (cd <to new dir> && tar -x -p -v -f -) HTH, -- Arun Khan (knura at yahoo dot com) The price of seeking to force our beliefs on others is that someday they might force their beliefs on us. -- Mario Cuomo