Hi On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 10:46:00AM +1200, Steve wrote: > > user cp -a instead! > > actually, it would be better to use something like cpio or tar, you will > run into issues with cp if it finds certain device special files (like > /dev/zero) that have been created in the /var filesystem (it should be > safe to expect these to not appear within /home but you never know.. :-) ) Yes_ you're right. But definitly_ at least I do know .-) /dev/md0 on /home type ext3 (rw,nosuid,nodev,grpquota,usrquota) I'd use tar for this_ but I didn't want to confuse the op_ because it seems_ he's quite a beginner. I just wanted to avoid the mistake of copying without preserving any permissions because in the case of /var this can be very heavy stuff to rebuild... (and /home may not be funny, too...) ys Peter -- | love music_hate fascism | ...aber euer Leben zwickt | | use free software | und drückt nur dann nicht, | | use encryption | wenn man sich bückt. | |_gpg_http://ps1.at/~peter____|__[Wir sind Helden, Reklamation]_|
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