Re: cp -a

[Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>]

On Sun, 25 Jan 1998, Remco Blaakmeer wrote:

> > cd /
> > mount /dev/somedisk /mnt
> > cp -a * /mnt
> > 
> > See the mess? ( /mnt/mnt/mnt/... )
> 
> You could add the -x switch. This skips subdirectories that are not on the
> same filesystem as the directories you are copying.
> 
> cp -ax / /mnt

Trouble is that cp -ax will not copy /dev it treats them as normal files,
it might also have problems with fifos and sockets..

tar -cl / | tar -x /mnt

Doesn't have these problems though

Jason


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