Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 14:38:06 -0700 From: Steve Reid <sreid@sea-to-sky.net> To: Presence <presence@irev.net> Cc: InvictaNet Customer Support <support@invictanet.co.uk>, Freebsd-ISP <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: move home dirs Message-ID: <20001004143806.A36544@grok> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010031457020.3759-100000@irev.net>; from Presence on Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 03:01:00PM -0700 References: <NDBBKODAOKAJLGIOGBIAEEAHCPAA.support@invictanet.co.uk> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010031457020.3759-100000@irev.net>
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On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 03:01:00PM -0700, Presence wrote: > (cd /mnt/old/usr/home/ ; tar -cvlf - .)|(cd /usr/home/; tar xpf -) > It moved everything across perfectly, including .dot files and > permissions. I did something similar recently. What really impressed me: tar handled hard links. I guess it keeps track of inode numbers that it has already seen. Very good to know, if you want to copy a filesystem with (too many) hard links. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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