Re: Copying

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From: Bill Unruh
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 00:00

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In <arAK3.430$Nr6.831@news2.usenetserver.com> "Celestial Wizard" <celestialwizard@merlin.hatfields.com.au> writes:

]do you how big /usr is????

]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,
]> > 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?
]> I'd make a "tarball"!
]>

cd /usr
tar -cf - . |(cd /newusr; tar -xpf - )
is the standard way metioned at the end of man tar.

]> cd /usr
]> tar -cvv -f newfile.tar *
]> cp newfile.tar /newusr
]> rm -rf /usr

This uses up a huge amount of space in newfile.
]> mv /newusr /usr

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From: unruh@physics.ubc.ca (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Copying
Date: 1999/10/06
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