Re: New Hard Disk

[Eric Delaunay <delaunay@lix.polytechnique.fr>]

Syd Alsobrook wrote:
> I'm trying to add space to my system and all i have is a 170meg HD what I
> want to do is move everything from /usr/lib to the new HD and have the new
> drive mount at that point. I would like to have the move done in one
> command. is that posible or will i have to move the whole tree by hand?
> Syd

Try
     cd /usr ; find lib -print | cpio -pd /mnt
or
     cp -a /usr/lib /mnt/lib
or
     ( cd /usr ; tar czf - lib ) | ( cd /mnt ; tar xvzf - )

Bye.

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 Eric Delaunay                 | "La guerre justifie l'existence des militaires.
 delaunay@lix.polytechnique.fr | En les supprimant." Henri Jeanson (1900-1970)


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