> Something I probably should have mentioned....due to some software we > use to serve our customers, we have hard links - TONS of them. We > looked at cpio, but cpio does not restore hardlinks correctly, dump > will. We also looked at tar, 'star', dd, just about anything to take > the data from one device/filesystem to another. To copy data from one filesystem another, preserving hard links, I use: rsync -avxSHW /source-dir/ /target-dir -a same meaning as for "cp" i.e. recurse and copy metadata -v be verbose -x do not cross filesystem boundaries -S handle sparse files -H handle hard links -W only copy whole files Trailing slash on source-dir makes it copy *contents* of directory rather than directory itself. It only copies changed changed files. Be sure to use version 2.5.2 or higher of rsync. Bill -- William H. Blunn - <bill+s.mq8r0gra@tao-group.com> - Developer Support Tao 62/63 Suttons Business Park, Earley, READING, RG6 1AZ, United Kingdom Tel: +44 118 901 2999 - Fax: +44 118 901 2963 - http://tao-group.com/ The contents of this e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be legally privileged. If you have received this e-mail and you are not a named addressee, please inform us as soon as possible on +44 118 901 2999 and then delete the e-mail from your system. If you are not a named addressee you must not copy, use, disclose, distribute, print or rely on this e-mail. Any views expressed in this e-mail or any attachments may not necessarily reflect those of Tao's management. Although we routinely screen for viruses, addressees should scan this e-mail and any attachments for viruses. Tao makes no representation or warranty as to the absence of viruses in this e-mail or any attachments. Please note that for the protection of our business, we may monitor and read e-mails sent to and from our server(s). Visit our website at http://tao-group.com/ _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html
