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Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 15:49:11 +0200
From: Andreas Fredriksson <deplinenoise@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Copying contents /boot from /dev/hdb1 to /dev/hda2
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On 7/28/05, Sean Higgins <sean@systura.com> wrote:
> > > tar cvf - * | tar xf -C ../new/
> >
> > * doesn't match hidden files, so the copy will be incomplete.
> 
> Neil,
> 
> Interesting.  I had not thought about that.  I did use the above to recreate
> my hard drive from one hard drive to another one.  It worked well, I guess I
> lucked out that I did not have any hidden files in the "old" directory.

A better option is to use . (dot) a the directory. Also adding -p to
preserve permissions is essential when backing up a whole system:

tar cfp - . | (cd /target/path && tar xvfp -)

Regards,
Andreas

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