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On 7/28/05, Sean Higgins <sean@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > tar cvf - * | tar xf -C ../new/ |
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> > * doesn't match hidden files, so the copy will be incomplete. |
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> Neil, |
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> Interesting. I had not thought about that. I did use the above to recreate |
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> my hard drive from one hard drive to another one. It worked well, I guess I |
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> lucked out that I did not have any hidden files in the "old" directory. |
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A better option is to use . (dot) a the directory. Also adding -p to |
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preserve permissions is essential when backing up a whole system: |
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tar cfp - . | (cd /target/path && tar xvfp -) |
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Regards, |
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Andreas |
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And I hate redundancy, and having different functions for the same thing. |
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- Linus Torvalds on linux-kernel |
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