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Re: Replacing hda - Easiest Way?



On 2008-08-05 18:41, Shachar Or wrote:
> On Tuesday 05 August 2008 03:55, Mumia W.. wrote:
>> I'm genuinely curious. Why is rsync better than "cp -a"?
> 
> 1. the -x option.

man cp:
       -x, --one-file-system
              stay on this file system
man rsync
        -x, --one-file-system       don’t cross filesystem boundaries

> 2. the ability to stop the transfer and resume.
> 3. the -P option.
> 4. the verbosity.
> 5. while using rsync, you are learning a valuable tool.

Fully ACK!

Johannes



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