Re: Copying

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From: Richard Zack
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))
>

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>
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