21 Jan
2023
21 Jan
'23
02:08
David, et al -- ...and then David C. Rankin said... % % For transferring /home - take your pick. "cp -a" is fine, "rsync -a" is also ... % % So long as you have no dot-files in /home (you shouldn't), then there is no % need for a second "cp -a /home/.* /mnt/transfer". Make that .??* .[A-Za-z0-9] to ensure that you don't try to copy the parent directory :-) [We will presume you don't have sneaky dot-space or dot-null dirs in there.] HAND :-D -- David T-G See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/email/ See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/tofu.txt