Randall R Schulz wrote:
Cp can also create sparse files (...)
what I meaned was that one don't always know if it's a good idea to copy links/masked files. it may be a very bad idea to do so in some circomstances, when you don't know how will the backup restored. of course if you know exacltly what you do, you can copy anything. but who know always :-(( just one year ago, I managed to crash a backup, ending with original files with zero length and no backup at all!!! I never really understood was arise, but I think I had cross links (links from a partitio to an other and vice-versa) now I double check :-)) jdd -- http://www.dodin.net Cécile, esthéticienne à Montpellier http://gourmandises.orangeblog.fr/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org