From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo install on Dell restore partition... live?
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:52:20 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080715085220.22009799@loonquawl.digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <g5hkcu$kmn$1@ger.gmane.org>
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On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:42:20 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> I assume you meant 'cp -ax' :P
I did, it's tar that uses -l for this.
> > rsync -ax / /root/hd/
>
> Well, /root/hd is empty so there's nothing to win with rsync other than
> it being slower than cp. But it does the job too, anyway.
It preserves directory time stamps, which cp does not. It's not slower
because the destination is empty so the initial file scan takes no longer
than with cp. Oh, and you can stop and restart it.
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Neil Bothwick
Do not underestimate the power of the Force.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-07-15 7:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-15 5:31 [gentoo-user] gentoo install on Dell restore partition... live? Michael Higgins
2008-07-15 5:39 ` Robert Bridge
2008-07-15 6:43 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2008-07-15 6:47 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2008-07-15 6:51 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2008-07-15 7:09 ` Neil Bothwick
2008-07-15 7:42 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2008-07-15 7:52 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2008-07-15 15:17 ` Michael Higgins
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