On 22/07/11 00:39, Thomas H. George wrote:
I partitioned a 1 TG usbdrive as ext3, mounted it as /usbmem and entered the command rsync -r / /usbmem. The tranfer proceeded with many
Isn't this going to go recursive?Since usbmem is another file system the -x flag should prevent this. Also as another poster has said you need the -a and -H flags to maintain file ownership and copy hardlinks
rsync -axH / /usbmem/Note: I am careful about trailing "/"s. In you case I don't think there is a problem but I like be clear about it.
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