[mdlug] mdlug Digest, Vol 88, Issue 6

[John Wiersba]

I'm not sure I see the advantage of rsync vs. just plain old cp -a SOURCE TARGET for this particular use case.



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>Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 12:01:45 -0500
>From: "Carl T. Miller" <carl at carltm.com>
>To: bob at starlinephoto.com, "MDLUG's Main discussion list"
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>Subject: Re: [mdlug] file copy
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>Bob wrote:
>> I need to copy the contents of a hard drive to another, larger, hard
>> drive.
>> What are my options for most efficient/reliable methods?
>
>Since you don't give a lot of details, I'm going to assume
>1) that you're using Linux, 2) that you can connect to both
>hard drives at the same time, and 3) that you just need to
>copy the files.
>
>I would recommend using rsync.  If needed, partition and
>format the larger drive.  Run "mount" to verify that the
>partitions are mounted and that you have the correct paths.
>Then use "rsync -aHvx /old /new" for each of the old partitions.
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>c
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