brian foster blfutvinternetie date fri 19 jul 2002 152226 0100 matthew french niall asked 60g data need copy one disk another problem bulk data two directory entries ie hard link something like cd destdir tar c sourcedir cf tar xf tar cf pipe tar file stdout tar xf untar keep permissions links root keep owners tested though may need flags well something close work however data read written twice 1st source tar read twice 2nd sink tar albeit written sink realizes second copy hard link first c60gb data make difference least time cpu resource consumed albeit case storage issue tar1 cpio1 archives always contain data name hard link probably several reasons necessarily bad thing eg provides degree redundancy help cope bad media source tar creating archive written pipe consumed sink tar storage issue per se full archive saved youd need least 2x60gb 120gb extra tars overhead minimal add esp large blocking factor used cheers blf innovative experienced unix brian foster dublin ireland chorus embedded rtos kernel internals email blfutvinternetie expert looking new position mobile 353 086 854 9268 résumé contact see website httpwwwblfutvinternetie stop eo exxonmobile whatever dont buy esso dont give damn global warming httpwwwstopessocom supported greenpeace friends earth numerous others irish linux users group iluglinuxie httpwwwlinuxiemailmanlistinfoilug unsubscription information list maintainer listmasterlinuxie fri 19 jul 2002 161549 0100 ilug copy files