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On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 17:48 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> What the OP *will* have a problem with a copying /proc, /dev, /sys |
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> and |
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> other virtual filesystems. When I do this trick, I usually dd or tar |
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> or |
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> cp -a entire filesystems and then copy / with this trick: |
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> mount -o bind / /some/tmp/dir |
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> cp -a /some/tmp/dir /some/other/dir |
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> This ensures that only files actually on-disk are copied |
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You could also pass, '-x' to cp and rsync or '--one-file-system' to tar. |
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Albert W. Hopkins |
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