I have also used 'cp -u'.......but rsync is better match for it. PK On 2/6/06, hansel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <hansel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've used 'cp -u' for a similar problem (where I really am updating > parallel --backup-- directories of huge graphics files). > > Mark Hansel > > On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, urgrue wrote: > > > Anyone know of any trick to make mv/cp support some form of crash-recovery? > > > > The problem is, if I'm moving a huge directory/file, and the transfer > > fails, there is absolutely no way to continue where I left off. This is > > awfully primitive. > > > > The only way I can think of is to zssh into my own localhost and use > > rz/sz, or the same via ftp, but this seems like a pathetic kludge, and > > even those dont work very well with large directories full of files. > > - > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- Regards, Prosenjit Kundu - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
