Frank Barknecht wrote: > I like "cp -ax" for this task, because of its shortness. I told a friend to use "cp -a". I forgot about "-x", but he only has one filesystem. However, the copy hung on the file /proc/kmsg. Would the -x have avoided this? In the end, he had to use tar. -- ...RickM... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org