brian foster blfutvinternetie date fri 19 jul 2002 142842 0100 niall broin 60g data need copy one disk another however im sure best copy problem bulk data images image two directory entries ie hard link file copy using cp usual favourite find cpio pmd other_dir going copy file twice want dump restore would take care source filesystem wasnt reiserfs suggestions favourite itll ok 1 cpio1 preserves hard links ie f1 f2 hardlinked copied copies also hardlinked true cpios tar decentusable archival tool definition imho 2 cpio p least gnu cpio version 242 readwrite copy actual data bytes _think_ true cpios gnu version certain use intermediate archive eg cpio file cpio file actual data bytes copied archive file name eg f1 f2 gnu cpio smart passthrough mode p copying data read source cheers blf ps assuming onetime operation wont repeat anytime soon eg never ie time isnt major issue using intermediate mediafile storage isnt issue even cpio read data twice long course recreates hard links 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 150012 0100 ilug copy files