Re: Copying

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From: john
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 00:00

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Darren Walsh wrote:

> 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

Try cp -rfp /usr target/dir



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