On Feb 18 2008 10:35, Theodore Tso wrote: >On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 04:57:25PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: >> > Use cp >> > or a tar pipeline to move the files. >> >> Are you sure cp handles hardlinks correctly? I know tar does, >> but I have my doubts about cp. > >I *think* GNU cp does the right thing with --preserve=links. I'm not >100% sure, though --- like you, probably, I always use tar for moving >or copying directory hierarchies. But GNU tar does not handle acls and xattrs. So back to rsync/cp/mv. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
