Re: Backup problem using "cp"
Hi,
Richard Owlett wrote:
> Thought I was doing that by specifying -x.
Either cp -x has a bug or the target directory is not in a different
filesystem than "/" and not a mount point of such a filesystem.
Check the device numbers of "/" and "/media/richard/MISC...".
E.g. like this
$ stat / | fgrep Device
Device: 803h/2051d Inode: 2 Links: 25
$ stat /bkp | fgrep Device
Device: 814h/2068d Inode: 2 Links: 7
Here "/bkp" has a different device number (2068) than "/" (2051).
So it (its inode, to be exacting) is in a different filesystem.
As contrast see a directory in the same filesystem as "/":
$ stat /home | fgrep Device
Device: 803h/2051d Inode: 2228225 Links: 60
> Any way to accomplish that without explicitly listing all directories except
> /media ?
If it is indeed a bug with cp -x, then you could use some archiver like
"tar" which has options to exclude a file.
Totally untested fantasy:
$ tar cf - --exclude=/media / | (cd /media/.../dev_sda14 ; tar xf - )
Get inspiration from googling "tar pipe for copying".
Have a nice day :)
Thomas
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