From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 9 19:41:27 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA13975 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 9 Apr 1996 19:41:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA13717 for ; Tue, 9 Apr 1996 19:39:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id MAA19168; Wed, 10 Apr 1996 12:35:57 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199604100305.MAA19168@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: hard reading error To: richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (Richard Chang) Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 12:35:56 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Richard Chang" at Apr 9, 96 07:30:54 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Richard Chang stands accused of saying: > > If you're using csh, something like this : > > > > # cd /dead_filesystem > > # dump 0bf 10000000 - | (cd /new_filesystem; restore rvf -) > > Hmmm, thanks! I always either tar and untar or just do a cp -R > but never used dump and restore before... A tarpipe will work too : # (cd /dead_filesystem; tar cf - . ) | (cd /new_filesystem; tar xvf -) > Richard -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[