On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, Jeff Vian wrote: > >>for example i had to move all data form /dev/hda6 (my previous /home) to > >>/dev/hda3 (newly created) > >> > >>#mkdir /mnt/oldhome > >>#mkdir /mnt/newhome > >> > >>#mount /dev/hda6 -t ext3 /mnt/oldhome > >>#mount /dev/hda3 -t ext3 /mnt/newhome > >> > >>#cp -r /mnt/oldhome/* /mnt/newhome > >> > >> > Be careful here!! In the shell the '*' does NOT find/copy hidden files > or folders (those whose name begins with a "." such as " .bashrc". > > To confirm that a simple comparison of the results of "ls -d *" and > "ls -d .*" in your home directory will show the difference. I would recommend rsync for this rsync -ap /mnt/oldhome/ /mnt/newhome Satish
