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From: Darren Walsh
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 00:00

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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))

Darren

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From: "Darren Walsh" <theq@bigpond.net.au>
Subject: Copying
Date: 1999/10/01
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