Re: Death of a drive
- From: "C." <colin.mckinnon@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 05:46:41 -0700 (PDT)
On May 21, 3:06 pm, Will Kemp <w...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Paul F. Johnson wrote:
Hi,
It sounds like one of my drives (annoyingly, the one with /home on it) is
about to snuff it (clicks on boot, but it will boot still).
As it has the home directories on it, I will need to ferret them onto
another drive.
Is there a way to clone the home directories or should I just use cp (and
then what flag do I need for all of the hidden directories and files?)
Back in the old days, i would have used cpio, but nowadays i use 'cp
-a'. That copies everything recursively and keeps the dates, owners,
permissions, etc, the same. Depending on your setup, 'cp -a /home
newhome' will probably do it.
--http://SnapAndScribble.com
cpio still has quite a performance advantage over cp - but for a
small, one-ff, it may end up taking longer by the time you work out
how to use it.
C.
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