On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 06:52 -0700, STYMA, ROBERT E (ROBERT) wrote: > > > > I want to copy /usr to a new partition and then attach that > > at /usr. I > > issued a command > > > > cp -options(recursive included) /usr /mnt/"mountpoint > > > I often use the following syntax to copy directory structures and > preserve permissions, dates, soft links, etc. > > intially name /mnt/"mountpoint /mnt/usr > > (cd /;tar cf - usr) | (cd /mnt; tar xf - ) > > After that you can name the mountpoint whatever you want. > > Bob Styma > > heheh...one of the wonderful things about *x is that we can do it so many ways. my favorite is: cd /usr find . -print | cpio -dump /mnt/<yourmountpoint> if there are things you don't want to move, say huge .iso files, you can filter them out with grep before cpio sees them. i'd settled on cpio years ago because it's a byte copy, as opposed to a block copy like tar. the difference can make a huge difference if you are moving tons of small files. less difference if you are moving only very large files. john
