Re: Copying

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From: Celestial Wizard
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 00:00

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do you how big /usr is????

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Richard Zack <richard@pantek.com> wrote in message
news:37F433E9.D6C97D1@pantek.com...
> > I have a new hard drive. And want to basically take the /usr directory,
and
> > throw it on that drive, and then mount the new drive under /usr.
> >
> > How do I get a copy of /usr , with all the links done properly?
> >
> > (cp -R didnt copy links properly (copied the file it was pointing too))
> >
>
> I'd make a "tarball"!
>
> cd /usr
> tar -cvv -f newfile.tar *
> cp newfile.tar /newusr
> rm -rf /usr
> mv /newusr /usr
>
>
> Richard Zack     <richard@pantek.com>
> Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
>
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From: "Celestial Wizard" <celestialwizard@merlin.hatfields.com.au>
Subject: Re: Copying
Date: 1999/10/06
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