On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 11:09:09AM -0600, john bray wrote:
> 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>
Quite :-)
Mine...
cd /mnt/newusr
dump -0af - /usr | restore -xf - ./
Prefereably in single user mode, as things then won't be active, though at least dump should know how to handle open files.
--
I ain't perfect, yet..
MacGyver
